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odur (s.xii1/3)

The form udur is a cross reference to the following entry:

odur (s.xii1/3)

odor,  odour,  oudeur,  udur  (hodur  Best ants 1521 ordore,  ordour ),
(pl. odourus  Fem2 49.10 (note 399))  
  FEW:  odor 7,325a Gdf: GdfC:  odeur 10,223b TL: odor 6,982 DEAF:  odor  DMF:  odeur  TLF:  odeur  OED:  odour n.  MED:  odour n.  DMLBS:  odor 2005a

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odour, smell given off by something (agreeable or disagreeable)
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  fud pouz de cel odur Que en parais gettent li flur  S Brend mup 95
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Et ele (=ground dionysias, a stone) seit od vin melee, Li vins avra meillor savor Et si avra mut bon odor  Lapid 228.748
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  De tant lor feseit confort maire Del douz odor li souef flaire  Dial Greg SATF 15708
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Le arbre qe portet grauntz noyz [...] si est de mal odour e poyour savour  BOZ Cont 114
( MS: c.1310 )  l'avantdit B. leve une longayne si pres a les seudes (=booths) avantditz qe le ordour (var. (D1: a1510) l'odour; (Add1: a1330) le dure; (Ha: a1327) puancise (l. puantise)) lour court parmy  Nov Narr 202.107
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un odour si douce et si refleraunt come ceo fust d'espiceries et oynementz preciouses  TREVET Cron1 320.11
flerer (l')odur
fig.to become aware of good reputation
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De Canterbire, l'odur flereit, Ke out a non le bon Boneface  S Rich ANTS 881

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See also:

odurement  odurer  odurette 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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