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aurnement (s.xii1)

aurnement (s.xii1)

ahurnement,  awrnement,  aournement,  aornement  
  FEW:  adornare 24,178b Gdf:  aornement 1,309a GdfC: TL: aornement 2 1,414 DEAF:  aorner 1 (aornement)  DMF:  aornement 2  / adornement  TLF: OED:  adornment n.  MED:  adornement n.  DMLBS:

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also_fig.adornment
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Par la parole del Seignur li ciel sunt fermet, e par espirit de sa buche tut l’aurnement (Latin: ornatus) d’eals  Camb Ps 52.XXXII.6
( MS: s.xiii )  redimiculis: (A) les aurnemens  TLL ii 51
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Le seint esperit espire vie E beauté dune e aurnement As creatures veraiment  Lum Lais ANTS 805
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  En la matire furent medlez Les elemenz e desordenez, Ne n’i aveit aurnement Des esteilles au firmament, Ne eir ne nul autre element Ne aveit dunk aurnement  Lum Lais ANTS 1103
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  sun atyffement signefie L’aurnement de baptesme  Apoc giffard 3637
ornament
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) Vient en la chambre [...], Si la destruist que n’i remist neient; N’i remest paile ne nus aurnement  S Alexis2 137
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Ecclesiaus aournemenz, Livres, reliqes, vestimenz  S Greg 2111
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Li porta ses vestemenz E ses reals aornemenz  S Audree1 1218
aurnement de lit
bed-trappings (?)
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lectisternium gallice: aurnement de lit  TLL ii 172
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aurnement