purguster (c.1136-65)
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purguster (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  gustare 4,340b Gdf:  porgouster 6,294a GdfC: ∅ TL: porgoster 7,1515 DEAF:  goster (porgouster)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
porgouster,  purgoster  

v.a.

1to taste, savour completely: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  A cele dozor pur goster Nos solt cist prophete envier  2895
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiin )  Cil unt les levres Jhesucrist Ki ceo purgustent que il dist  316
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  od moi remain [...] Qe puesson tote iceste nuit Porgouster del ciel le douz fruit  7010
gust  guster  purgustement 
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