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fameiller (s.xii1)

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fameiller (s.xii1)

fameiler,  fameller,  familler  
  FEW:  fames 3,406b Gdf:  fameillant 3,715a / fameiller 3,715b GdfC: TL: fameillier 3,1620 DEAF:  faim (fameillier)  DMF:  fameiller  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

to be hungry, to suffer hunger
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Li leun busuignerent e fameillerent (Latin: leones indiguerunt et esurierunt) ; mais as queranz nostre Seignur ne desserat tut bien  54.XXXIII.10
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  A tort se fait murir de faim Ki asez at e blé e pain. Turner li pot l'um a peresce Se ne s'en paist, u a feblesce S'il fameillet e ne se paisse E par desdeing murir se laisse  5
fig.to suffer hunger, deprivation, to be needy
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Fameillant e seelant, l'aneme d'els en els meesme defist  199.CVI.5

p.pr. as a.

also_fig.hungry
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Kar il saulad l'aneme vuide e l'aneme fameillante emplid de biens  199.CVI.9
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Cil s'aperece a sun moiller Ki del bien k'il ot pr[e]echier, D'ovrer en bien se vait targant, Dunt sis espirz ert fameillant  11748
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Du pomme n'iert si fameillant  7770

p.pr. as s.

one suffering hunger, needy person
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Deus [...], dunet viande as fameillanz  130.145.5
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  Les morz [...] devum ensevelir, Les fameillanz sauler  256
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  As fameilantz est viandour  12955

See also:

fameillus  feim1 
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