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despire (s.xii1)
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despire (s.xii1)

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despirre;  despiser, 
(p.pr. despesaunt  Nov Narr 314)  
  FEW:  despicere 3,55a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: despire 2,1695 DEAF:  despire  DMF:  despire  TLF: ∅ OED:  despise v.  MED:  despien v.  / despisen v.  DMLBS:  despicere 1 632a / despicari 1 632a

v.trans.

1emotionto despise, hold in contempt: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Despit (Latin: Despicit) li oilz de lui les engrés  (ed. engres)  Camb Ps 19.XIV.4
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Cil ki confessioun despit, Il agrandist soun mal petit  Corset ANTS 2169
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Orguil fet homme [...] despire sun preme  Pecchez 208ra
2emotionto scorn, disregard: 
( 1140-60; MS: 1140-60 ) si alcuns par esperit de deable iceste francheté d’icel leu voldrad enfraindre e cest notre privilege despirre e dejeter [...]  Ely Arch 268.3.20
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Encuntre Crist irrunt E ses faiz despirunt  Sibile 308
( 1261 )  issi est le comaundement le roy despit  Baron Rebellion 226
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Vus despisistes (var. despisastes ) mes commandemenz  Ancren2 57.28
( 1304-05 )  en despisaunt nostre dite priere [...] le clos des ditz freres [...] avez debrisé a force  Lett EPW1 21
3to insult, humiliate: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Quant Ysolt ot sei si despire [...]  Trist thomas2 1568
( 1297 )  la vint W. de G. e despisoyt mon seigneur le roy  Crisis 138.4
( 1343-50 )  S. de R., qe avoit despisé la royne [fut] treyné e pendu  Cron Lond1 56.14
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dit sire S. fuist moult curucé et irrous et despisa graundement les bones gentz  Anon Chr1 136.14
4emotionto hate: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les Romeins le despiserent pur ceo q’il les avoit repris de lour avarice  TREVET Cron1 166.10

v.intrans.

emotion to despise, hold in contempt: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) A quei, Sire, desevras tu en luinz? Tu despis en cuvenabletez, en tribulatiun (Latin: dispicis in oportunitatibus in tribulatione)  Oxf Ps ANTS 46.9.22
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tant despist e tant maneça E tant les quist qu'il les trova.  Brut WACE 8109
despire sur
emotion to despise, hold in contempt: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) sur les miens enemis despist li miens oilz  Oxf Ps ANTS 73.53.7

v.refl.

emotion to despise, loathe oneself: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Tel ordeé serra Ke cil ke la f[e]ra Quant de sei pensera Pur plus vil s'en aura: En sun esgardement Se despira forment  Sibile 686

p.pr. as a.

insulting, humiliating: 
( c.1339 )  et si le mair [...] dement asqun home de bone value en asqun aultre despisaunte parole, soit le mair amercié a demy mark  Bor Cust ii 17

p.pr. as s.

emotionone who despises, despiser: 
( MS: s.xiv2 )  totes choses viegnent owel [...] al sacrifiaunt sacrifices & al despisaunt sacrifices  Bible hackett 198rb

p.p. as a.

1contemptible: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  [...] qui despit et vil lui claime  Dial Greg SATF 1914
2emotiondespised: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  L’arbre e la furme de la croiz fud despite  Joshua Sermons i 13
3ignominious: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  N’est pas dreit ke entre gent Profés en moniage parfite Seit cil mis ke en mort despite Mustre a putte conversiun  Mir N-D 195.32
tenir despit
emotionto despise: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  sui tenue despite, sicome Dieu fut en la croiz  Ancren1 253 24-5
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