obstacle (c.1200)

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obstacle (c.1200)

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[ FEW: 7,286b obstaculum; Gdf: 5,558a obstacle; GdfC: ; TL: 6,1351 ostacle; DEAF:  ostacle; DMF:  obstacle; TLF:  obstacle; OED:  obstacle n. and adj.; MED:  obstacle n.; DMLBS: 1981c obstaculum ]
obstakel  

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1obstacle, hindrance
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Iloc refist Deus pur eus grant miracle: Le flom Jordan passent il sanz obstacle. Un home anceis n'aveit passé Iloc troverent tut a pleiser le gué  (B) 3425
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  quant ne pot trover entree El liu ou nen ot nul obstacle  11173
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  [...] kar de tant de pensees cum ele est amenee, de tant de obstacles est ele avoglee  (A) 80.10
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Met tiel obstacle en son chemin  6245
lawobstacle, hindrance to the taking of a legal step
( 1307 )  la greignure obstacle cuntre vous si est la garantie  33-35 Ed I 507
( 1310 )  (In a writ debating the existence of a direct heir) Le nestre Aleyn vous est obstakel, quel l'estat serra trie par pays ou il nasquit et demurt etc.  Ed II iv 152
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  fuist eslieu a une voice saunz obstacle ou defaute  119
obstinacie  obstinacion  obstinat  oster#1 
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obstacle