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afundrer (1155)
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afundrer (1155)

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affondrer,  affoundrer,  afondrer,  afoundrer; 
p.p. afoundi  
  FEW:  fundus 3,872b Gdf:  afonder 1,147a GdfC: ∅ TL: afondrer 1,197 DEAF:  fons (afonder)  DMF:  affondrer  / affonder 1  TLF:  affond(r)er  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to destroy, raze to the ground: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  (God) Pur ço afundra Sodome ke [...]  Joshua Sermons i 21
♦med. to destroy, dissolve: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Pus sil (=the concoction) metez al mal jeske il seit afundré  Pop Med 281.118

v.intrans.

1ship.(of a vessel) to founder, sink, submerge: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dunc veissez nefs effundrer, Eue receivre e afundrer  Brut WACE 4253-54
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  S’il voient grant dromond ou eskarnard sigler, Par desuz l’ewe courent si la font affondrer  Rom Chev ANTS 6063
♦to go under, drown: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mult veissiez herneis floter, Homes plungier e affondrer  Rom de Rou wace ii 5236
2to sink down, collapse: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) (Of the building of a tower) [...] quanqu'il unt le jur uvré Est la nuit en terre afundré  Brut WACE 7334
3to be destroyed, razed to the ground: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Saulee fud dampnee quant Sodome e Gomorre afundrerent  Joshua Sermons i 21

p.p. as a.

1sunk, collapsed: 
( MS: c.1325 )  Si vous est avis que le chef la sus est afoundré cum une fosse  Receptaria 153.33
2horsesequit.pathol.foundered, lamed: 
( 1376 )  les ditz chivalx si hastivement chivachent et disaraient […] issint qe les ditz chivalx deveignent tout deperduz et afoundiz  Rot Parl1 ii 345

See also:

enfundrer  esfundrer  fundre 
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