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[aliner] (c.1170)

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[aliner] (c.1170)

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FEW: linea 5,352b Gdf: alignier 1,224a GdfC: alignier 8,80c TL: alignier 1,303 DEAF: ligne 1 (alignier) DMF: aligner TLF: aligner OED: align v. MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

aligner, alingner; alliner; aloigner, aloiner, aloisner,
p.p. alignaz

v.n.

1to form a (straight) line:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii¹ ) Puis greine neist, creist e aligne, Puis coilt force e vait verdeiant 326

p.p._as_a.

1well-proportioned, shapely:

( c.1185 ) Ben semblot franche dammeisele, Mult esteit alingné e bele 4828

( s.xii^ex; MS: c.1335 ) Mout fu beals e aligné 215

( c.1200; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Davi ert blunz, si ert un poi russaz, Suz cel Ebreu ne fut melz alignaz (var. (E: s.xiii^m) Hebreu ne fut sus cel mels alinnez) (B) 6741

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Le vacher […] deit ver ke il eit tors beaus, e grants, e bien alignez (var. aloygnez) pres od lez vaches pur curre qant eles vodrunt 282.c55

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) un bel enfant affetiz et aligné (var. alinés) 24.9

2subject to one's lineage, in line with one's family background:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Fel traitre iert cist, pur taunt iert alignez 1835

aliné a

1aligned, in line with:

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) que le[s] denz desuz soient aloiné as denz desure i 59

raliner liner#1

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