1huge, very large in size:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Les pieres sunt teles e tantes, Tant ahuges e tant pesantes
8048
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
la hanste
(=of the lance) fud grosse e ahuge cume le suble as teissurs
32
(
c.1192;
MS: c.1275
)
Feu u funt aheuge e grant
126.Y286
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Altre vengance d’Egipte prent Deus an eire: Foudre i
(ed. [i]l) enveie, grisil e grant tuneire. Le grisil ert si gros e si ahoge, Sur ki il chet ne poet estre viuge
(B) 2046
(
1206-15;
MS: s.xiii1/4
) La secunde merveille si est en un liu qui est apelé Stanhenges. Ilokes sunt pieres levees en halt mereveillusement grandes e ahuges, asises en guise de portes
330.9
♦
very large, mighty, extreme:
(
c.1185
)
Si s’entredonent en ces targes Ahoge colps granz e larges
8094
(
c.1200;
MS: c.1220-40
)
La nuit fist Deu ahoge vengement Del rei d’Egypte e de tote sa gent
(E) 2106
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