aguesce (c.1195)
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aguesce (c.1195)

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  FEW:  acutus 24,128b Gdf:  aguesse 1,169c GdfC: ∅ TL: agüece 1,215 DEAF:  agu (aguece)  DMF:  aigüesse  / agüesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
acués;  aguesse,  anguesce  

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1sharpness, acuteness: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  aciem: (J) aguesce  255.170
( MS: s.xiii )  aciem: acués  ii 117
( MS: s.xiii )  acutiem: aguesce  ii 86
♦sharp edge, point (etc.): 
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Od lur langues qui sunt fuines Percent lur cors e lur peitrines; Od l’aguesce traient fors [...] les quers des cors  1005
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  E par fer est entendu anguesce de sutil engin  3478
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Por ceo furent les aguesces […] des coignes rebatuz  70.691
2med.pathol.acuteness, intensity: 
( s.xiiim?; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  par l’aguesce de l’affliction  ii 31
3pathol.med.feverishness (?): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  et si aguesce de sanc est en cause […]  i 236
agu  ague  aguement  aguer  aguet 
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