force2 (c.1165)
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force2 (c.1165)

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[ FEW: 3,710a forfex; Gdf: 4,65b force 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,2058 force 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  forces; TLF:  forces; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 977a forcia 1 ]

pl. forsis  

s._sg._and_pl.

1med.implementforceps: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sa buche dunc ou force ad overt E trove la lange coupee apert  M 889
♦implement(a pair of) shears: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  si li prez fu od falcs fauchez U [si] od forces fust trenchez  342.24
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Ysolt les forces lu donat. Od les forces haut se tundi  208-209
( MS: 1419 )  Item, si Toundour soit trové en defaute, qe draps ne soit moylé, forface ses forces  724
♦implementscissors: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Nule femme nel deffereit, Si force u cutel n’i meteit  22.566
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  forficem: forsis  ii 87
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Toz lor secrez avant porter, Coutelez, forces, aumosnieres, Ovec autres pelfres meins chieres  19775
( MS: s.xiii1 )  forficem: (R) force(var. (J: s.xiii1) forces)  244
forces de chambre
1implementscissors: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec forfex –cis: forces de cambre  i 414
( MS: c.1250 )  hec forpex: forces de chombre  i 422
force pest le pré
1prov.needs must when the devil drives: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Sovent ad esté reprové, Ço dient, que force pest le pré  284
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ke volez vus, force pest le pré; Baudwin en fu desbaraté, Ke le champ gwerpi a grant meschef  233.41
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Mais tut enviz se rendent, car “force paist le pré”, Ceo dit hom en proverbe de veille antiquité  302.879
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