atrainer (c.1200)

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atrainer (c.1200)

[ FEW: 13/ii,169a *traginare; Gdf: 1,485b atrainer; GdfC: ; TL: 1,651 aträiner; DEAF: ; DMF:  attraîner; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

v.a.

1fig.to ensnare, seduce
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (Delilah:) Menu le (=Samson) beise e sovent l’acole, L’atraine, par fals semblant (var. (E: s.xiiim) de fals amur) l’afole  (B) 5021
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