1marit.abyss, ocean deep:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Li abisme l’abisme apelet
(Latin: Abyssus abyssum vocat)
73.XLI.7
(
c.1135;
MS: 1267-68
)
Dex, [...] Qui poesté as en abisme, Qui a la mer rive donas
25.322 (A)
(
c.1230;
MS: 1275-85
)
Abime est la parfunde mer
383
♦
theol.abyss, Hell:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
li Sodomite perirent, Quant il en lur cité fundirent E vif chairent en abisme
1481
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
quant Deus criad le mund E ciel e tere e abime parfund
(B) 34
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Sacrilege est la file seyme Que moltz des gentz tient en aubyme
382
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Descendirent jeskes en abisme
341
♦
fig.deepest (and most secret) part:
(
1332;
MS: s.xivex
)
le Fitz [...] qe sciet toutes choses [...] et auxi les pense[e]s de chescun en l’abisme des coers
302
♦
decor.
representation of the abyss:
(
s.xiiex;
MS: s.xiii3/3?
)
El col li pendent un fort escu pesant, Peint a azur, a jalne, a orpiment [...] del abisme i est le fundement, E ciel e terre fait par cumpassement
272
1theol.Hell:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
En ciel, en tere, en abysmes
2864
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abisme (s.xii1)