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[nunraisun] (c.1185)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 10,111a ratio; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,794 nonraison; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: non-reason n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

nonraison, nonreson; nounreson, nounresoun; nunraison, nunreisun

s.

1irrationality, inability to think rationally:

( MS: s.xiii² ) De leccherie nest avoeglesce de quor, nunraison, instabilité, fole haste, amur de sei memes, hange de Deu, amur del siecle present, [...] 322

2unreasonable action, wrong:

( c.1185 ) Pentalis ad fet que sage, Kar il veit le grant utrage, Le pecché e le nounresoun Ke nus vostre frere avom 12033

♦lawunlawful, unjust action:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Tort e nonreson e la pes Deu e la pes le seignur enfreinte [...] defent J. ke ci est (X) 30

( 1300 ) la ou [...] le visconte seisist [...] autri terres, la ou il n'ad reson de seisir, e puis quant trové est la nonreson [...], voet le Roi qe [...] i 140

a nunraisun

1wrongfully, inappropriately:

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) La felunie e la traisun Que fere vuel a nun reisun 2202

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) E sachez, segon mien avis, Por qe de lui furent occis A mautort e a nonraison Johan, la pape, e Simacon 16965

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) La meie amur, quant icest dun, Ki jo par grant devociun Vus dunai, a nunreisun Avez leissé e a larrun (=stealthily) 3803

irreisun nunraisnable nunraisnablement raisun

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