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† sursault, n. Obs. rare.
Also 4 sursaute, 5 soursaut.
[a. AF. sursaut, OF. soursaut, -sault, f. sur- = super- 2 + saut leap (:—L. saltu-s).]
a. a sursaut: of a sudden.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 337 Sursante [? read A sursaute; Langtoft A sursaut] he þam mette, als þei fro kirke cam. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. lxii. (1869) 205 Whan..j..hadde leyn þere a while, sodeynliche and a soursaut j sigh an old oon þat was clumben anhy vp on my bed.
b. A start.
1598Yong Diana 71 With a sudden sursault she awaked.
Hence † surˈsault v. trans., to attack suddenly.
1598Yong Diana 81 An enamoured hart may be as well sursaulted with a sudden ioy, as with an vnexpected sorrow. 1600― in Eng. Helicon T j b, My hart, sursaulted with the fill Of thousand great vnrests, and thousand feares. |