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achever (1155)

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[ FEW: 2/i,339a caput; Gdf: 1,55b achever; GdfC: 8,24a achever; TL: 1,84 achever; DEAF: ∅; DMF: achever; TLF: achever; OED: achieve v. / escheve v.; MED: acheven v.; DMLBS: 18c achevare ]

achaver, acheveir, achevir; achiever, achiver; aschever; eschever, eschevir, achevrer

v.a.1to complete, carry out ♦ to end, finish 2to transfer (a tenant or service)
v.n.1to end up 2to succeed ♦ to attain (to) 3to attorn (one’s services to) ♦ to attorn one’s homage (to)
v.refl.1to be completed, end

v.a.

1to complete, carry out:

( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Ço qu il dist volt achever ii 4775

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv¹ ) il nen out respit ne tens Ke il la p[e]ust […] Auner si grant asemblee Ke achever peust grant medlee 4060

( c.1200; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Jo vus dorrai asez de mon tresor, Pur achevrer l’overainne, argent e or (B) 11858

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) Gardez donqes […] Lu bien q’avez por Dé enpris Qe de trestot vostre poeir Vus esforciez de l’acheveir 1946

( s.xiii^4/4; MS: 1307-15 ) enprist sovent trop grant chose ke il ne pout eschever 168

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: 1312-40 ) Le roy graunta meyntenaunt quanque vodra ordyner, si yl purra cele bosoigne issi achevyr 55.5

♦to end, finish:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Issi fud la guerre achevee 2829

2lawto transfer (a tenant or service):

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) […] soit agardé qe il soit assouz del premer seignur et achevé a la terce persone ii 47

v.n.

1to end up:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) N’ad femme ke seit desuz la nue, Ke jofne seit u seit chanue Si ele vus vout gueres grever, Ke ele ne vus face mal achever 1232

2to succeed:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) tant ne sunt apris de lai Que achever sacent bien par sei 13504

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) Ki trop enprent mal escheve 254.91

♦to attain (to):

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) E cil n’acheve pas a Crist 59

3lawto attorn (one’s services to):

( 1294 ) Willem achevit a ly de ses services 21-22 Ed I 531

♦lawto attorn one’s homage (to):

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) […] K’il dust a Deu achever E tute terre guverner 5392

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) voloms qe la eynzneesce nous face homage […] et qe les autres achevent a la eynznesce ii 23

v.refl.

1to be completed, end:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Car chascune bien [en] est frarin Qui ne s’acheve en bone fin 1132

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