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desceindre (1155)
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desceindre (1155)

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deceindre, 
p.p. deceint,  desceint,  descent  
  FEW:  cingere 2/i,680a Gdf:  desceindre 2,637c GdfC: ∅ TL: desceindre 2,1485 DEAF:  ceindre (desceindre)  DMF:  desceindre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  discindere 678a

v.trans.

to unbelt, unfasten: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  L'espee desceinst, l'elme osta  Brut WACE 2819
( c.1185 )  El mesme deceint le brant  Proth ANTS 6487

p.p. as a.

costumeungirdled, unbelted: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  dechaucez et deceyntz, sauntz coyfe  BRITT i 35
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  sans coiffe e sans chaperon, desceints  Nov Narr 30
( 1329-30 )  le chaunpioun feust vestu en sa cote descente et deschevelé et deschaucé des soutlers  YBB 3-4 Ed III 546
( 1394; MS: s.xv1 )  les testes nues, desarmez et desceintes  Lett & Pet 223.45
♦detached, disconnected: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Si nus diuns mençunge a ciente, nus sumes desceint de la chevalerie Deu e deslié del baudré de verité  Joshua Sermons ii 12
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