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[acortir] (c.1141)

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The form acorucer is a cross reference to the following entry:

[acortir] (c.1141)

acorter,  acortier,  acurter,  acurtier  
  FEW:  curtus 2/ii,1587a Gdf:  acorter 1,80b GdfC: TL: acorter 1,115 DEAF:  cort 2 (acorter)  / cort 2 (acortir)  DMF:  acourter  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  accurtare 17a

v.intrans.

to become smaller, diminish
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si lur ferum lur grant joie acurter E nostre doel si faimes esclargier!  Anc Test (B) 8845
to becom thin, narrow
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm ) Si vos veez le malad turner sovent a pareye, [...] et si les oilz sunt fossez et templez abassé et lez livrez acorteez et les orailez freidez et revercez contremount, c’est signum de morte  Med Comp ANTS 5.85
temporalto become shorter
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) E Deus acorcera Le tens qu’il regnera: Li an acurterunt E come mois serrunt, Semaines a estors Encurterunt en jurs, E jurs acurterunt, En hores revendrunt  Sibile 945 and 949

See also:

acurcer  cort2  encortir  escortir 
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