1to affect, change:
(
c.1275;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
(Saint Francis) Par taunt
(=miracle) affeeta sun
(=an oppressive knight's) curage. Par la pyté de duz Fraunceys Devynt deboner e curteys
7599
2to desire, seek after:
(
s.xiv2;
MS: c.1400
)
ententifment cerchoms qui a nos corps, quei a nos almes puet accorder, quel chose ils purront franchement s[a]unz offens affecter, ou qe deliter
(Latin: quid corporibus, quid animabus nostris conveniat, quid appetere, quove delectare ac sine offensa valeant)
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