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martirement (s.xiiiin)

martirement (s.xiiiin)

martiriement,  martyrement  
  FEW:  martyrium 6/i,397b Gdf:  martirement 5,189a GdfC: TL: martirement 5,1216 DEAF:  martire (martirement)  DMF:  martyrement  TLF: OED:  martyrement n.  MED:  martirement  DMLBS:

s.

1eccl.martyrdom, suffering torture and death for one’s faith
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Le vis ad cler e alkes ruvent: Ceo signifiet martiriement  S Edm Pass ANTS 178
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Seint Thomas ke suffri martirement  S Rich ANTS 1221
( MS: s.xiiiex )  En cest cité ad […] la chapele u il (=St. Marc) fist les ewangelies e u il suffri martirement  Relatio Tripartita 126
2mental torment, vexation
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mult sui pensif, si Deu me gart, E mei merveil estrangement Ke point n'avez de mun marrement (var. (O: s.xiii3/4) martyrement), Einz si grant joie si demenez  Pet Plet ANTS 100 (var.)
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  les chevalers vit U dedenz furent enterrez. [...] Li reis en out grant martirement, Si en pluret mult tendrement  Brut Royal 5630

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See also:

martir1  martire1  martire2  martirer  martiriser 
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martirement