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diffamer (c.1136-65)
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diffamer (c.1136-65)

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defamer,  defamir  
  FEW:  diffamare 3,73a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  diffamer 9,380a TL: difamer 2,1922 DEAF:  difamer  DMF:  diffamer  TLF:  diffamer  OED:  defame v.  MED:  defamen v.  DMLBS:  diffamare 656c

v.trans.

1to spread abroad, reveal: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  S’il diffamout conseil d’altrui, Fedeilté n’avreit pas en lui  Salemon 6725
2to spread the fame of: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  cels quant il (=blind man healed) s’en fut parti De la vertu le defamerent Par tote la terre  Dial Greg SATF 2409
3lawto defame, slander: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Enging porquiert de lui reprendre, D’achaison false porpenser Dunt il le puisset diffamer  Salemon 5752
4 to accuse, denounce: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Quelx heom sun pechié gehereit Celui ki l’en diffamereit?  Salemon 10188
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E il (=a provost) a li (=his master) ert defamez K’il ses biens aveit guastez  Mirur1 136va29
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  N. [...] est defamie de bons giens qe a tiel jour etc. reneia il son baptesme  Mir Just 60
( 1363-64 )  persones diffamés ou suspectes des dites impetracions  Stats i 386 ii
( 1412 )  le dit William defama sez avantditz gardeins devant moultx diverses estraungers de robberye  Goldsmiths 356

p.p. as a.

1infamous, shameful: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ki en diffamé eirre vait, Deus l’en despit  Salemon 8107
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Comme malvaises genz huniz e defamez  Becket1 5077
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  estoit trop defamé, qar il ne lessa nule vice de leccherie  TREVET Cron1 147.1
( 1384 )  ordener de due remede & justice [...] sur le diffamé & grevouse esclaundre  Rot Parl1 iii 169
2shamed: 
( 1261 )  la terre est perdue et l’Esglise defamé  Baron Rebellion 232
3diminished: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  qe sa honur soit de rien defamé en poer n’en fame  Mir Just 118
( 1364-65 )  la corone le Roi abessee & sa persone diffamee  Rot Parl1 ii 284
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