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puneis (s.xii2/4)

The form punais is a cross reference to the following entry:

puneis (s.xii2/4)

pudeneis,  pudnais,  pudneis;  pugnais,  pugneis;  puineis,  puisneis;  punais,  puneys,  punnais,  punois;  pusneis,  pusneys;  puteneis,  putneis  (pudleis)  
  FEW:  *putinasius 9,637b Gdf:  punais 6,465b GdfC: TL: punais 7,2082 DEAF:  punais  DMF:  punais  TLF:  punais  OED: MED: DMLBS:

The unattested etymon *putinasius literally means ‘that smells in the nose’ (i.e. putere and nasus).

a.

stinking, foul-smelling
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Or gesras en la biere, Ja n'en levereas mais; Tout i gesras pugnais  thaon Body and Soul (C) 84
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  vostre char, ke est un poi de ordure puneise (var. pudnaise) e pulente  Mirour Egl (A) 12.27
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Treiez hors ceu chen punois  S Edw paris ANTS 3336
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Prya ke de ceo vil turment Par la meryte sun cher Fraunceys Li deliverast de venym puneys  S Fran ANTS 7359
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  jeo me sui [...] rendu ariere en la puneise prison d'enfern  Sz Med1 6.30
fig.foul, morally corrupted
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  vos fals deus relenquisiez, Ki mult malveis sunt e puisneis  Waldef BB 4995
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Dient a cele gent pudleis (var. (C: s.xiv1/4) pudneis)Ke Jesu despit lur leis  Enfances 483
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Li respit del curteis E del vilain pusneis En cet liu sunt fini  Respit 157.44

s.

1that which is stinking, foul-smelling
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Il les frat de lui severer E metre en enfern, el pudneis, Dunt il ne surderunt jameis  S Gile1 217
fig.that which is foul, morally corrupted
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  La rage a ytaunt le out mené Ke un jur medyst de seynt Fraunceys E en gaunglant dyst pusneys: ‘Sy ceo est veyr ke yl seyt seynt, Mun cors seyt ceo jur destreynt E de espeye mys a mort; E sy il ne est pas seynt, en ey' desport E sey' seyn tut saunz grevaunce’  S Fran ANTS 8493
2fig.one who is foul, morally corrupted
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Ha, fel traitre e fel pudneis! Ha, fel cuard e fel malveis!  Waldef BB 10641
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Le pere (=who punishes his son for following Jesus) prist dunc demaneis En sa mein un grant baleys; Sun enfant prist, le puneis (var. (C: s.xiv1/4) pudeneis), Si le bati ben trei feis  Enfances 787

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See also:

puneise  puneisie 
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