viste (s.xiiiex)

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viste (s.xiiiex)

vieste,  vite;  vist  

a.

1quick, nimble
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  lieveres qe tant sunt vistes de passer les montaignes  33
2speedy, immediate
( 1297 )  si que nous peussoms avoir viste consail a oeverer sur nostre commune busoigne  i 187

adv.

1quickly, swiftly
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Toz icels [...] ke issint le font seiront en Paradis ausi viestes (var. (BN: s.xivin) vistes) com est ore pensee de homme  198.4
( 1297 )  un frere del Hospital [...] fist la refuite des dites aveynes tot vite  82.7
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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