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abaer1 (c.1200)
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abaer1 (c.1200)

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abair,  abayr,  abaier,  abayer,  abeier  
  FEW:  batare 1,283b Gdf:  abeer 1,19c GdfC: ∅ TL: abaer 1,33 DEAF:  beer (*)  DMF:  abéer  / abéir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
v.trans.1to open wide 2to engulf
v.intrans.to gape
p.p. as a.gaping, wide open

v.trans.

1to open wide: 
( MS: s.xiii )  hyante: abaer gallice  TLL ii 150.29
( MS: s.xiii )  hyante gula: (D) abayant (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) hovert buche; (L: s.xiii) bayant par boche)  TLL ii 130.29
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  si vous veissez […] abeier la goule largement sur vous le diable d’enfer  Ancren1 163.26
2to engulf: 
( MS: c.1335 )  Femme est fontaigne desouz vaye Que tot recet e tot abaye  Harley Complete iii 122.52

v.intrans.

to gape: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  La terre comandeit abair e tost overir  S Marg Camb 261

p.p. as a.

gaping, wide open: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Mais tot fust la porte abaiee, N’i poeit (=river in flood) pas trover entree  Dial Greg SATF 11127

See also:

abaement  abaessement  abahir  baer1  bai2 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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