averté (1165-80 (?))
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averté (1165-80 (?))

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  FEW:  avarus 24,1195b Gdf:  averté 1,522a GdfC: ∅ TL: averté 1,730 DEAF:  aver (averté)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  averte n.  DMLBS:  avaritia 168b
 

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1avarice, greed for material possessions: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Avint ke sis frere fu mort, E fu tost en peines mené Pur sa duleruse averté  91.24
( 1181-85; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Meisun ert de hospitalité; Ne voil [pas] ke regne averté  70
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dunt chiet en desleauté E en malice e en averté  1408
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ne crent mort, mer ne tempestez Pur paremplir ses avertez  4919
aver#3  averous 
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