1to bring to his (etc) knees:
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xiiim
)
En l’escu le colp descendi […] Gui fist
agenoiller, Mes il salt sus tost come ber, Al quer en ad mult grant ire […] ‘Unc pur colp de chevaler Mes ne m’avint
agenoiller’
8534
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Un son compaignun premer [...] Par vertu fist
agenuler
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