Anglo-Norman Dictionary

[oscuration] (s.xii^3/4)

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[oscuration] (s.xii^3/4)

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FEW: obscurus 7,282a Gdf: oscuration 5,649b GdfC: ∅ TL: oscuracïon 6,1330 DEAF: oscuracion DMF: obscuration TLF: obscuration OED: obscuration n. MED: obscuration n. DMLBS: obscuratio 1976a

obscuracion, obscuracioun

The word’s main (but late-medieval) sense (in DMF, OED and MED) of ‘eclipse’ (in an astronomical context) is not yet found attested in Anglo-Norman.

1darkening, removal of light:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Un mont est outre ces monz [...] Sa umbre done au regné obscuracion 4669

♦fig.darkening of reputation, denigration:

( c.1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Dieus les oels de halte enprise Humilera de sa reprise En la basse obscuracioun 2304

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