aovrir (1113-19)

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aovrir (1113-19)

[ FEW: 25,4b aperire; Gdf: 1,312a aovrir; GdfC: ; TL: 1,418 aovrir; DEAF:  ovrir (aovrir); DMF:  aouvrir; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
adheuvrer;  aduevrer,  aduevrir;  ahuevrir;  aoivrir,  aoverir,  aowrir;  auverer,  auvrir;  awevrir  

v.a.

1to open
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Aoverte est la terre, e degluti D.  107.105.17
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu awevres (Latin: Aperis) tes mains  257.CXLIV.17
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  li pruzdum refist ses ureisuns que nostre Sires auverist lur cilz qu’il veissent […]  185
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii1 )  Estuet li sa quisse aovrir  1152
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  Aoivre mei la porte de vie  76.511
fig.to open up, give access to
( MS: 1155-60 )  Tu […] auvris (Latin: aperuisti) as creanz les reignes des ciels  282.16
2fig.to reveal, show
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  je aoverrai (Latin: aperiam) en harpe ma devinaille  84.XLVIII.4
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Folx mostret tost sun maltalent […] S’ire hastivement aduevre, M[a]is li cointes la ceile e covre  7527
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Kar Deu lor aowri un’ aventure grant  104
to show, demonstrate
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  raison rent e ahuevre De predicatiun et d’uevre  585

v.n.

1to open up
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Averil, ço est auvrir, Kar dunc veit l'e[n] issir De cez arbres les flurs  723
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  God qui la mer fist aovrir Por sun pueple d’Egipte eissir  1029
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Li venz […] funt […] grant baees aoverir  1512

v.refl.

1to open up
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ices peres (=pearls) unt pousté Qu’eles se aoverent de lur gré  3030
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Terre s’auvera, Enfer demust[e]ra  1189

p.pr._as_a.

1 opening wide
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Sepulchre auvranz est le guitrun de els  48.13.5

p.p._as_a.

1 wide open
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Del fum li munz est descuverz, Enfern veient tut auverz (Latin: Infernusque illis manifestatus est)  1206
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