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mesester (1165-80 (?))

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mesester (1165-80 (?))

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FEW: stare 12,241a Gdf: mesester 5,281b GdfC: ∅ TL: mesester 5,1627 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.impers.

1 to go wrong, be ill fortune:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) La coilleite i fud bien donee Par esguard e abandonee As petites genz e as granz, As chevalers e as serjanz, E as povres qu[e] il veient Qui greignor besoing [en] aveient, A chescon solunc qu'il esteit E selonc ço que mesesteit 4452

(il) mesesta a

1misfortune, disaster befalls:

( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Emblent les terres e les prez A lur veisins, a lur privez; Mult par unt grant joie e grant hait, Quant a lur veisins mesesteit 225.166

( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 ) Al dit Helye Ocozias murut Sanz heir qui out, de tant li mesestut (E) 15249

♦ to cause suffering, agony to:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) la fieblesce, Qui en Jerusalem esteit Des Turs, a qui trop mesesteit De la neif qui ert es montaines 7787

♦ med.pathol. to go badly, poorly for:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) E por ce que li reis esteit Malades, e lui mesesteit, Nos covint a Rodes atendre 1301

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