aventer (c.1230)
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aventer (c.1230)

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[ FEW: 14,267b ventus; Gdf: 1,518a aventer 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,720 aventer 2; DEAF:  vent (aventer); DMF:  aventer 2; TLF: ∅; OED:  avent v.; MED:  aventen v.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
aventeir,  aventir  

v.a.

1to blow away: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Pus est Ysaure, si numee Ke de or est par tut aventee (var. (G: s.xivin) de fin or est aventu)  954
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Ou une petite boffee […] peut checun […] tantost tot son bien perdre e aventir  235.13
♦to allow to escape, release: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E puis si perciez le test […] por aventer la materie de la maladie  i 53
2to fan: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  De venz suzterins aventee  1528
( MS: s.xiv )  faites ly bien aventer chescon jour  227.54
♦to air, cool: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Delacerunt (=pret.6) lur heaumes pur eaux aventeir  43.
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