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refeter (c.1240)

refeter (c.1240)

refaitier,  refayter;  refetir  
  FEW:  *first 15/ii,130a Gdf:  refaitier 6,711c / refreter 6,725b GdfC: TL: refaitier 8,551 DEAF:  feste 2 (refestier)  DMF:  refaîter  TLF: OED:  refete v.  MED:  refeten v.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

1build.to restore, repair
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ou fossé paremplie ou abatu, ou estaung avalé, ou mur ou haye refete (var. (L: c.1300) refeti;  (D: c.1300) refetee;  (G: ) refet; (W: s.xiv-xv) refaytee) ou chemin enlargi [...]  BRITT i 409 (vars L, D and W)
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  pus fust la ville de Dynan reparillee e refetee  Fouke ANTS 22.18
costume(of clothes) to patch, mend
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  E les veus dras as garsuns refeta  Man pechez (B) 40r
( MS: s.xiii2 )  pannos lineos apte consuat et sarciat (gloss: (C) refeytet) (var. (L: s.xiii-xiv) refeti)  TLL i 183.65 and ii 69.65
( MS: s.xiiiex )  clamatores pelliciorum reparandorum (gloss: a refeters)  TLL i 198.27 and ii 130.27
med.(of a bone) to straighten, set, put back in place
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  liez le malade de dous cordes dejuste la jointure. E li mires seant encuntre lui teinge le chef de cele cordele de l’une part, e un autre soit de l’autre part qui face icel memes, e issi en traiant oelement soit l'os refaitié  (ms. refanie) (Latin: reaptetur os)  A-N Med i 84.viii
2to rape, ravish (?)
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  qe seles (=celes) aussi fussent disherités [...] qe se lessasent refeter einz ces qe eles fussent mariés  Mir Just 12
( 1343-50 )  firent graunt destruccion par la ou ils venoyent, issint q’il n'avoit femme, espouse  (l. femme espousé?), ne pucele [...] qe eles ne furent parjuwes et refetez devant les oiz lour barounes en graunt despit  Cron Lond1 63

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See also:

refaire  refaisance  refectiun  refectoire 
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