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desperer1 (c.1200)
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desperer1 (c.1200)

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deesperer;  despairer,  despeirer  
  FEW:  desperare 3,55a Gdf:  desperer 2,627c GdfC: ∅ TL: desperer 2,1692 DEAF:  desperer  DMF:  despérer  TLF: ∅ OED:  despair v.  MED:  despeiren v.  DMLBS:  desperare 631c

v.n and refl.

emotiontheol.to despair: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Pur ço vus di que nul ne se despeire S’il fet pecché, repente sei en eire  Anc Test (E) 10099
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Neient pur ço ne despeir mie Ke jo ne puisse par vostre aie Garrir de ceste maladie  S Modw 2005
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  si vous desperez aver victorie de vos gent a pé [...]  vegetius2 97.10
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  pour sanz esperance fet homme trop desperer (var. (BN: s.xivin) desesperer)  Ancren2 93.15
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Qant jeo recorde vous grant bountez Ne me despayre pur mes pecchez  MLR 13 315.52

p.pr. as a.

emotiondespairing: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  si vus estes desperant, prenez bone garde  Ancren2 95.27

p.pr. as s.

emotionone who despairs: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Les desperanz reformeit  S Rich ANTS 1251
desperer de
to despair of: 
( 1294 )  Le autre traversa ke hom ne despera mye de la vye le naufferé  YBB 21-22 Ed I 559
( 1321 )  issi qe de sa vie fut despoyré  YBB Ed II xxvi 320

See also:

desesperer 
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