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pardurer (s.xii1)
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pardurer (s.xii1)

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pardurrer,  perdurer  
  FEW:  perdurare 8,231b / durare 3,188b Gdf:  pardurer 5,757a / pardurant 5,756c GdfC: ∅ TL: pardurer 7,226g DEAF: ∅ DMF:  pardurer  TLF:  perdurer  OED:  perdure v.  MED:  perduren v.  DMLBS:  perdurare 2200a

v.intrans.

1theol.to endure, last perpetually: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  la justice de lui parduranz tutes ures (Latin: perseverans semper)  Camb Ps 208.CX.3
♦lawto endure, last in perpetuity: 
( 1348-49 )  pour bone de pais et amisté nourrir, accroistre, et pardurrer a toutz joursmais entre nous, nos paiis et nos subgitz  Foedera1 iii 179
2to remain, stay perpetually: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Chalazias Toz tens pardure en freidur, Feu ne li puet doner chalor  Lapid 187.965

p.pr. as s.

one who is eternal, perpetual: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  si Deus od chescun neissant Comence a estre puissant E fine od chescun muriant U est dunc Deus le pardurant?  Mirur1 162vb42

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See also:

pardurable  pardurablement  pardurableted 
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