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vigur (c.1170)

vigur (c.1170)

vigeur,  vigor,  vigour  

s.

1strength, vigour
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  si riche rei,..., Ki tel force ad de gent e en sei tel vigur  FANT OUP 260
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  ... home n'ad valur, Vertu ne force, ne vigur  S Modw 4676
2prowess
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  (in tournaments) le Rei H. [...] dona congié qe chescun en bone amour assaiast sa vigour a autres en places communes  Mir Just 32
3force, validity
( 1400-01 )  les queles (= undertakings) nous volons avoir tiel effect, vigour & fermeté come si nous les eussions donnez & fait en nostre propre persone  Rot Scot ii 157
(TBD)  L'ordre ne pert pas sa vigur  Corset 30rb44
en, par vigur
lustily
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  'Fier, ami, par vigur'  Horn (O) 4885
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  e ceo faz jeo vistement e en vigor  Ancren2 119.6
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