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parfundesce (c.1136-65)

parfundesce (c.1136-65)

parfundece,  parfundesse;  perfondesce,  perfoundesce,  perfoundesse,  perfundesce  (parfundenesse  Stats ii 464)  
  FEW:  profundus 9,432b Gdf:  parfondece 5,754a GdfC: TL: parfondece 7,254 DEAF:  parfont (parfondece)  DMF:  pardfondesse  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  profunditas 2495a

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1lengthunitdepth, distance from the top downwards
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  D'abime est granz la parfundesce E plus de grace la largesce  Salemon 2805
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Leur grandor poez vous veer par leur .iiii. dimencions, c'est a saveir par lur hautesce e par leur parfundesce (var. parfundesse) e par leur largesce  Mirour Egl (B)19.17
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  […] de la loungure et de la parfundesce de la playe  BRITT i 17
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  longour, laour et profundesce  Mir Just 25
2bottom, deepest or lowest point
( MS: 1155-60 )  Li abysme cuvrirent els, descendirent en la parfundece sicum pere  Camb Ps 267.5
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tel plaie i out que fu rounde e desmesuree e parfunde, e me dit k’a sun plus lung deit la parfundesce n’atendreit  Purg S Pat MARIE 2048
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Kar del estomac la parfundesce plus chaud est, e plus ad molesce […]  Secr abernun 1734

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See also:

parfundee  parfundement  parfundeté  parfunt1  profundesce 
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