alentir (s.xiii2/4)
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alentir (s.xiii2/4)

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[ FEW: 5,253a lentus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,75c alentir; TL: 1,285 alentir; DEAF:  lent 1 (*); DMF:  alentir; TLF:  alentir; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

v.refl.

1to be slow, reluctant, hold back: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Guard sei chescun k’il ne s’alentisse De super od Crist einz k’il isse (=from this world)  123rb39
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Et cil ki a l’ost se alentist Sa fame grantment anercist  282
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