Hasyesyn (1194-99)

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Hasyesyn (1194-99)

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[ FEW: 19,69a hasis; Gdf: 1,423c assassin; GdfC: 8,209b assassin; TL: 1,569 assassis; DEAF: ; DMF:  assassin / assassis; TLF:  assassin; OED:  assassin n.; MED: ; DMLBS: 139a assassinus ]
hanseis, 
pl. Harsasis,  Hausasis,  Hauzassis  
Arabic

s.

1IslamAssassin, member of the Nazari sect of the Ismaili branch of Islam and follower of the 'Old Man of the Mountain' (represented as a hired murderer intoxicated by hashish)
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) demanderent al rei de France Qu'il pot aveir grant dotance E se guardast des Harsasis, Car li Co[n]raz en iert ocis  8873
( 1219-21; MS: s.xivin )  prés de Antioche ad une manere de gent sarazine ki sunt apellez Hasyesyns (var. Hauzassis), e lour seignur est apelé li Veus de la Montaigne. Iceo gent vivent sanz ley  84
2 assassin, murderer
( 1219-26; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) Quant en son cheval volt monter, Anceis qu'es archuns fust asis, Uns traitres, un hanseis Le feri d'un glaive desriere Parmi le cors, en tel manere Que tantost murir l'en estut  1648
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Hasyesyn