abhomer (s.xii1)
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abhomer (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 24,38a abominari; Gdf: 1,29b abosmer 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,61 abosmer; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  abosmer; TLF:  abominer (abosmer); OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 6c abominari ]
abomer;  abosmer,  abosmir  

v.a.

1to abhor: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Hume de sancs e tricheur abomerat (Latin: abominabitur) nostre Sire  6.V.5

v.refl.

1to demean oneself: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  ki nul het del tut s’abosme  157va40

p.p._as_a.

1repulsive, loathsome: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  molt horrible et nairs et abhomés  106
♦fig.emotiondowncast: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  Dunc le guerpist diable dolenz e abosmez  489
♦fig.emotiondistraught: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Deus! si autre pur li estreit si abosmie Cum joe sui!  2464
abhominer 
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