atort (s.xii1)

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atort (s.xii1)

  FEW:  torquere *13/ii,87a Gdf: GdfC:  tort (a tort) 10,780b TL: tort 2 10,453 DEAF:  tordre (*)  DMF:  tort 1  TLF:  tort  OED: MED: DMLBS:
 

adv.

1 wrongfully, unfairly
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Cunforté sunt ki parsiweient mei, li mien eneme, a tort (Latin: injuste)  117.LXVIII.6
( s.xiii?; MS: c.1300 ) Seneca dist: ‘Ki ne set doner, a tort demande’  13r
lawwrongfully, illegally
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Charlemanie [...] A tort est rei  1577
( 1260; MS: s.xiv3/3 )  ke T. ki la est atort ad treit a sei .x. acres de terre  163
( c.1265 )  donc deit le demaundant counter vers luy ke atort par sa guarauntie ly deforce […]  82
( 1305 )  ceux qui par force e atort e encontre la pex nostre seignur le roys sunt entreez altrui tenementz  102
atort et atravers
atravers
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