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verdir (1174-75)
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verdir (1174-75)

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v.intrans. & refl.

1to grow green: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ço fud en mai enprés avril quant l'erbe s'est verdie  FANT OUP 1100
2fig.to flourish: 
(TBD)  Kar nul tiel bien ne verdist Ne ne pot vivre od Jhesu Crist  Corset 23ra3

p.pr. as a.

evergreen, ever fresh: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  la verdisante joie du ciel ke jammés ne flectira  Ancren2 225.21
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