acreire1 (s.xii1)
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acreire1 (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1298b credere; Gdf: 1,87b acroire; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,127 acroire; DEAF:  croire (acroire); DMF:  accroire; TLF:  accroire; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 16a accredere ]
acrere  

v.a.

1 to believe, trust: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Quant il i voleit converser E alques longes demorer, A sa feme acreire faiseit Que sacrefise as Deus rendeit  1393
2to borrow: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mult acreeit e bien rendeit  ii 296.11070
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  (Zoile cannot afford the slave:) Le pris del serf alat acreire, E trente souz pur lui dunat  2880
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Ki mult acreit (var. (C: s.xiv) acret) e n'ad dunt rendre (is a fool)  (H) 2

v.absol.

1to borrow: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Acrerrat li pecchere, e ne solderat  63.36.22
2to lend: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Delitables huem chi ad merci e acreit, ordened ses paroles en jugement  112.111. 5
creire 
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