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burgeoner (1113-19)

burgeoner (1113-19)

borgoner,  borjoner;  burgouner,  burguner,  burjoner,  burjuner,  burzuner;   
  FEW:  *burrio 1,645b Gdf: GdfC:  burjoner 8,397a TL: borjoner 1,1074 DEAF:  borjon (borjoner)  DMF:  bourgeonner  TLF:  bourgeonner  OED:  burgeon v.  MED:  burjounen v.  DMLBS:

v.intrans.

1bot.to sprout, bud
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  terre fruit nen dune Ne arbre ne burzune  1360
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) Sa verge leva si flori E borjona e reverdi  762
( MS: s.xiii )  pullulo: burguner, burgeoner  i 227
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  eyme trop les foilles de sauz, quant comencent de burgeoner en la noveutee  73
to come forth, spring
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  De ceste (=B.V.M.) burjuna la flur [...] Ki tute rien paist de s’odor  1751
fig.to develop, burgeon
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Vuleit que ses biens burjonassent, Qu’il celestien fruit portassent  2277
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  reproces de ceste maniere burjunent  ii 15
2med.pathol.to break out in blisters
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ore l’aproche la maladie De si treforte leprosie, Ke tut comence la pel crever E tut la face a burgouner  820 (var. C13)

p.p. as a.

bot.in bud
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  cist bois sunt foilly, floriz e borgoné  97
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