desolat (1402)
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desolat (1402)

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[ FEW: *3,54a desolare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  desolate adj., n.; MED:  desolat(e) adj.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
disolat,  dissolat  

a.

1abandoned, ruined: 
( 1406; MS: s.xv1 )  la Priorie de B. [...] estoit bien pres desolat et en voie de perdicioun  281.4
( 1415 )  la greindre partie du dit naveye destructz et lessez desolate  iv 79
( 1433 )  il furent en purpos de lesser la dite ville tout desolate  iv 469
♦bereft of possessions, ruined: 
( 1402 )  la dite suppliant fu lessé si povre et si dissolate qe [...]  iii 483
desolat de
1abandoned by, bereft of: 
( 1400-09; MS: s.xv1 )  la greindre partie voide et desolate des tenauntz  374.24
( 1405 )  et ceo qu’ils disoient relinquent vostre dit terre voide et disolate de governaunce  ii 30
desoler 
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