1contemptible:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Petiz je sui e despisables
(Latin: contemptibilis)
230.CXVIII.141
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
A qui la loi est despisable, S’oureison est abhominable
10407
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
devant iço ert ele
(=Tree of the Cross) horrible e despisable, despuis est honuree e succurable
ii 30
(
c.1275;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Taunt cum plus est despysable Le prelat, taunt est plus plesable La humblesce du bon obedient
2571
2contemptuous, scornful:
(
c.1339
)
se nul denzein die [...] tiels dispisables paroles, soit amercié [...]
ii 22
1contemptible person:
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Dunt pr[e]echeors sunt noté Ki de povre gent furent né. Si despisables les eslut Pur suples queors K’en elx conuit
5659
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despisable (s.xii1)