afiler2 (c.1170)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

afiler2 (c.1170)

Cite this entry

[gdw]

  FEW:  filum *3,532a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  afiler 8,40c TL: afiler 1,188 DEAF:  fil 1 (afiler) F451 DMF:  affiler  TLF:  affiler 1  OED:  affile v.1  MED:  affilen v.  DMLBS:  affilare 2 49a
affiler  

v.a.

1 to sharpen, hone: 
( s.xv1/4 ) afiler, aguser (Latin: acuere)  46
afiler de
1 to sharpen, train, make more adept in (wrongdoing or vice): 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Franchise ad sa cinkisme file, La quelle ses clergons n'affile Du simonye ou d'avarice  16082
afiler sa (etc.) lange
1 to sharpen one's tongue, say negative or overly critical things: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) La file d'Ire [...] Sa langue affile et sa faconde D'estrif et de contencioun  4046

v.refl.

1 to sharpen oneself, become more adept in wrongdoing or vice: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Du covoitise trop s'avile Cil q'au marché du bonne vile Envoit a vendre son frument, Et par deceipte puis s'affile, Et vient y mesmes de sa guile Pour l'achater tout proprement  6292

p.p._as_a.

1 sharpened, honed: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Rodmund ferit lui [...] Un grant cop mult plener de sun brant afilez  4775
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  bones armes bien afilees, Arcs, pilez, quarels, arbelastes  2166
1 sharpened, adept in wrongdoing or vice: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Mult furent esmu de grant ire Ke crestienté serreit si avilee Par malveisté de Gyus afilee  154.130
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Ceo fet li faus losengur de parole afilé  70
aver la lange afilé
1 to have a sharp tongue, say negative or overly critical things: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Tant unt la lange affilee, De teu dolur envenimé  879
afilee  defiler#2  filer#2  tresafilé 
This is an AND2 Phase 7 entry (V and A-Z consolidation). © 2025-29 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
afiler_2