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ahurter (s.xii1)
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ahurter (s.xii1)

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(ahorter)  
  FEW:  *hûrt 16,273a Gdf:  ahurter 1,178b GdfC: ∅ TL: ahurter 1,223 DEAF:  ahurter H745 DMF:  aheurter  TLF:  aheurter  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to strike, smite: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  ahurterad (Latin: allidet) ses petiz enfanz a la pierre  Camb Ps 245.CXXXVI.9
2fig.to hit, chance on: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Le fous, se il parole tus tens, Aukune feiz ahurte a sens (var. (B: s.xivin) ahurte sens)  Ipom BFR 2632 (var.)
♦to run into, come across, meet: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Essaer voil si ahurter pusse Mes cumpanuns  Set Dorm ANTS 1131

v.intrans.

to knock, bump (into): 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  relisis: ahurté  TLL ii 6
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Femme veugle a pareie ahurt (M.E. Blynde woman hurtith to wal)  Nominale 129
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  allidentem arridentem: (O) ahurtant  TLL ii 41

v.refl.

to run (into), stumble (over): 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  que par aventure ne se ahurt a la pierre (Latin: ne forte offendat ad lapidem) li tuens piez  Camb Ps 169.XC.12
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  A uns degrez s’est ahurtez Ki el rocher sunt entaillez  S Gile1 1281
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