amuir (s.xii1)
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amuir (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  mutus 6/iii,311b Gdf:  amuir 1,281a GdfC: ∅ TL: amüir 1,375 DEAF:  mu (amuïr)  DMF:  amuïr  TLF:  amuïr  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

v.a.

1to strike dumb, confound into silence: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Od grant dulur ert amuie E de sun sens tute estrangie  6156

v.n.

1to keep silent, refrain from talking: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Je amui e nen aovri la meie buche  65.38.13
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  jeo amui par teisance (Latin: Ommutui silentio)  67.XXXVIII.3
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiim )  Jo amui et nient avri la moie buche  35

v.refl.

1to keep silent, refrain from talking: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Cil s’amuit, kar certeinement Quant nus vendrum al jugement Del respundre n’i ad nient  161va27

p.p._as_a.

1pathol.med.unable to speak, aphonic: 
( MS: s.xivin )  A l’home ki seit amuy […]  211.23
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