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bandun (1141)
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bandun (1141)

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bandon;  baundon,  baundoun,  baundun  
  FEW:  *ban 15/i,49b Gdf:  bandon 1,569a GdfC: ∅ TL: bandon 1,821 DEAF:  ban (bandon)  DMF:  bandon  TLF: ∅ OED:  bandon | bandoun n.  MED:  bandoun n.  DMLBS: ∅

s. sg. and pl.

jurisdiction, territory: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Munt Ethna set en ses (=of Sicily) banduns  Pet Phil 1317
a, en bandun(s)
1freely, willingly: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  la gent de la cuntree, Ki tuit i venent a bandun De par tut la regiun  S Modw 3069
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  (a harlot) Od la flote en mer se mist, Sun cors a baundun lur promet  Mir N-D 51.54
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Met le (=eagle-stone) en l’esquele tun compaignun Ki mangue ot tei a bandun: Si mal te volt [...] Le mors ne passera avant  Lapid 80.256
♦unarmed, unprotected: 
( c.1185 )  el volt que il venge a bandon  Proth ANTS 6250
2unrestrainedly, without hinder: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Par tut alerent a bandun N'i troverent defensiun.  Brut WACE 6295
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Donc parla li arbres en griu a banduns (:traisuns)  Rom Chev ANTS C 42
3completely: 
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Par petit d’encheisoun M’ad soupris[e] a baundoun  Cor Lai 336
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Sun fiz lur envea e livra a bandun  S Aub 313
♦in abundance: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  En asquanz lius gette sabelun, Si en fet muncels a bandun  Pet Phil 1524
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Quantk’il volt li ert a bandun  Mirur2 3013
♦in large numbers, wholesale: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  nul n’i atent sun cumpaingnun, Ainz se fuient a bandun  S Modw 8326
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les chastels le rais pernent en bandons  LANGTOFT thiol2 439.45
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  si vienent a bandon A sire Edward pleindre  LANGTOFT thiol2 357.1815
4vigorously: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  (two cups) Dunt l’un a sei tynt en baundoun Et l’autre dona Amilloun En remembrance de lour departyr  Amis 975 (var. C1)
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Le mur funt faire tut a bandon  Brut Royal 4191
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Parfait le muster a force e a bandun  Burch1 108
♦violently: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  E. fiert premer G. Par mi l’escu tut a bandun  Gui War 3132
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  lors le delapiderent trestuit a baundun  S Aub 1730
a un bandun
all together, with one accord: 
( MS: c.1200 )  d’ambes parz les cors des cors [...] a bandun s’entrepresentent  Amadas2 (G1) 66
od grant bandun
headlong: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Li cerfs s’en vait ou grant bandon  S Osith 581
aver a bandun
to have unreservedly: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  A baundun oussez e mei e mun regné  Horn 3783
aver a, en (sun etc.) bandun
to have in one’s power: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  chaitif Simun Ki deable ad si en bandun  S Clem ANTS 3966
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ore veez [...] del felun (=the Devil), Cum il le mund ad en bandun  Mirur3 4801
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Les teres aveit en bandun De Egypte  Enfances 371
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  ore je vous ay en mon bandon  Fouke ANTS 49.36
estre a, en bandun(s), en le bandun a
1to be freely available to, at one’s disposal: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E fornicatiun Al people iert a bandon  Sibile 676
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Donc meng[u]ent par l’ost; l’ewe est a bandons (:somons, tisons, etc.)  Rom Chev ANTS 5007
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les curs as planetes esprova par reson, Tuit ly quatre element ly furent en bandon (var. (P: c.1310) a bandon)  Rom Chev ANTS 49
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Quant k’il volt li ert a bandun  Mirur2 3013
2to be at the mercy, in the power of: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Car tuit le mond est Alisandre a bandon  Rom Chev ANTS 5943
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii1 )  Ysod rest al rai a bandon  Trist thomas2 1098
estre en sun (etc.) bandun
to be in one’s power: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  li terme est en la mein Deu e ne mie en vostre mein ne en vostre bandon  Ancren2 99.13
liverer a bandun a
to deliver into the power of: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Sun fiz lur (sc. the Jews) envea (=God) e livra a bandun  S Aub 313
mettre a, en bandun
1to hand over, entrust: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tote la terre nos est mis' a bandon  Adam2 610
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A seyn F., cum a patrun, Mist [...] en baundun Sa cause kar le seynt cheryst  S Fran ANTS 7606
2to release, set free: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Pur lur enemis damagier E pur lur cumpaignuns vengier Se sunt entr'els cum leun Entré, bestes mis a bandun  Brut WACE 12820
♦to give free rein to: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Qui [...] sa lange pas ne chastie Mes met sun quor en fol bandun  Mirur1 101va1
se mettre a, en bandun
to volunteer, offer oneself: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Ses hommes furent fors et a bandon se mistrent  Rom de Rou wace i 35.583
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  En vint jors i vendroit qui vent eust a saison, Mes unc n’ot nul qe se mist de ceo a bandon Fors L.  Rom Chev ANTS 5458
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De combatre as Greus se sunt en bandon mis  Rom Chev ANTS 5176
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li dui fiz nostre rei se sunt mis a bandun Pur defendre del tut çoe que dit li bricon  Horn 3030
tenir en (sun, etc.) bandun
1to hold sway over: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Tute le reaume tint en bandun  Burch1 102
2to hold fast to: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Ceo k’um ad tant desiree Tient hum ben en sa bandun  Rom 15 (Dd.10.31) 252.44
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En ly mist de sa relygyun, Ke ele la tenist tut en baundon E ke ele en fust bon avoué  S Fran ANTS 3991
traire a sun (etc.) bandun
to gain power, control over: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  freres od la croiz [...] Ont tant des fiez le roi trait a lur bandon  LANGTOFT thiol2 236.E125
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