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estancher (s.xii1/3)
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estancher (s.xii1/3)

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esstancher,  estanchier,  estanger,  estauncher,  estaunchier;  esthancher;  estqanchier  (anstancher  Pop Med 301.19,  astancher  Pop Med 301.19,  astanger  Pop Med 137.119a,  enstauncher  Five Med MSS 172.E620,  estencher  Albina CCC 4v,  etsthancer (l. eçsthancer)  Receptaria 111.245)  
  FEW:  *stanticare 12,231a Gdf:  estanchier 3,598a GdfC:  estanchier 9,558a TL: estanchier 3,1353 DEAF:  estanchier  DMF:  étancher  TLF:  étancher 1  / étancher 2  OED:  stanch v.   MED:  staunchen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

med.to staunch, stop (liquid) from flowing: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  ces peres poent valeir Pur [...] estancher sancfusun  Lapid 244.1256
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Une bende a lier la plaie Pur estanger le sanc ki reie  S Gile1 1978
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  la semence de coriandre triblee od vin estanche cursun del ventre  Med Pres1 135.31
♦ to stop, block: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  en Ogne en ont tant trebuché E tant ocis e tant neié, Que li molin de Borbeillon En estanchierent  Rom de Rou wace ii 41.4156
♦to put an end to: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  e jo i leverai un altel a nostre Seignur, si estancherad atant la murine e la ocisiun  Liv Reis1 108
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  kant ele (=carbuncle) est fine, Lavee en ewe, estanche morine De genz, de bestes  Lapid 89.552
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  [...] pur le mellé estancher  Rich I 17.24
( 1321-22 )  estauncher la graunt riote qe feust seurse entre les gentz de C. et les gentz foreins  Rot Parl1 i 401
( 1323-25 )  poioms estancher cel perillous debat  St Sard 226
♦to put out, extinguish (fire): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  el feu ki ja n’ert estanchez  Mirur1 162ra24
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  de son sank precious estanchea il (=J.C.) le fieu dolorous (=the fire of Hell)  Sz Med1 35
♦to snuff, put out (candle): 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  dormons fort et estanchez la chandelle  Man lang ANTS 36.7
♦to stop, buy off: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  N’eimes pas marchant, d’estre achatur, d’estancher par avoir felon ne traitur  Rom Chev ANTS 3938
♦to assuage (hunger or thirst): 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  la rusee n’estanche vostre sei  Anc Test (E) 8809
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  la sei de l’alme est estanchié par cest’ eawe  Joshua Sermons i 21
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur seif estancher  Secr abernun 2135
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  tut le (=fowl) desakent, estaunchent lor feym  BOZ Char 271
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  ascune medicine pur moy refrescher et estancher la malveise soif  Sz Med1 200
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et ces deaux mescheanx serront si friandes de lour viande q’ils le transgloute[r]ont sanz maschier, a cause d’estancher plus tost lour grande fayme  Man lang ANTS 17.32

v.absol.

med.to staunch, dry up (diarrhoea): 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  donez li chaudes choses ki confortent [...] e pus choses ki estanchent  Med Treatise 152.123

v.intrans.

1med.to be staunched, dry up: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Par ceste piere estanchera Nes plaie ki seignera  Lapid 180.759
2equit.(of a horse) to come to a stop, grow weary: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Qui donc vei[s]t vassal les bons chevals brocher E mener a estrif, poindre e anguiser E les uns core avant, les autres estancher  Rom Chev ANTS 2014
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mult veissiez armes jeter E haubers de dos reverser [...], Chevals estanchier e lasser  Rom de Rou wace ii 41.4144
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Un bien coraunt cheval Ki n’estaunchereit pas  Horn 1990

p.p. as a.

weary, exhausted: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  (I saw your hounds) si par estangez K’il ne me siwierent plein pié  S Gile1 1668

sbst. inf.

1(act of) staunching, stopping a liquid from flowing: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ne s’entremet de l’estancher, Einz leist le sanc del cors aler  S Gile1 1891
2 (act of) quenching: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  As queus de verms ert grant dolur, Seif sanz estancher, e grant ardur  Lum Lais ANTS 12798

See also:

stancher 
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