boiser1 (c.1150)
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boiser1 (c.1150)

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[ FEW: 1,301b *bauson, *bausjan /15/i,83b *bauson, *bausjan; Gdf: 1,674c boisier 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,1034 boisier 1; DEAF:  boisier; DMF:  boisier; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 205a boisiare ]
boisier,  boisser;  boser  

v.a.

1to deceive: 
( c.1170 )  Que tuz ceus kis cuntredirrunt E falsement les boserunt Parmanable maleiçun Aient [...]  2100
( c.1230?; MS: s.xiiim )  Quant l’ad la dame si delivré [...] Del diable qui l’ot boisé  1335
♦to be deceitful about, cheat about: 
( c.1150; MS: c.1300 )  Ki boiset dime a escient, Vers Deu s’enpeiret malement  2377
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ele est si enterine ke ja nen iert boisant  3736

v.n.

1to be deceitful, disloyal: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ele est si enterine ke ja nen iert boisant  3736
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Ne fount dreite justise, einz boisent tout a frount  (O) 80
♦to mislead: 
( c.1160; MS: s.xiiim )  Li chen sunt haut, ne boissent mie, Mut unt la bisse pres siwie  1603
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