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bandun (1141)

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.xiii^m ) 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.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^ex ) 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.xiii^4/4 ) Par tut alerent a bandun N'i troverent defensiun. Brut WACE 6295

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Donc parla li arbres en griu a banduns (:traisuns) Rom Chev ANTS C 42

3completely:

( s.xii^ex; 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.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Quantk’il volt li ert a bandun Mirur² 3013

♦in large numbers, wholesale:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) 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.xii^ex; 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.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Le mur funt faire tut a bandon Brut Royal 4191

( s.xiii^ex; MS: c.1300? ) Parfait le muster a force e a bandun Burch¹ 108

♦violently:

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) 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.xiii^ex ) 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.xiii^2/4 ) chaitif Simun Ki deable ad si en bandun S Clem ANTS 3966

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Ore veez [...] del felun (=the Devil), Cum il le mund ad en bandun Mirur³ 4801

( s.xiii^4/4; 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.xiii^4/4 ) E fornicatiun Al people iert a bandon Sibile 676

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Donc meng[u]ent par l’ost; l’ewe est a bandons (:somons, tisons, etc.) Rom Chev ANTS 5007

( s.xii^3/4; 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.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Quant k’il volt li ert a bandun Mirur² 3013

2to be at the mercy, in the power of:

( s.xii^3/4; 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.xiii^ex; 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.xii^3/3; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Tote la terre nos est mis' a bandon Adam² 610

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) 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.xii^ex ) 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.xiii^2/4; 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.xii^3/4; 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.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) De combatre as Greus se sunt en bandon mis Rom Chev ANTS 5176

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) 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.xiii^ex; MS: c.1300? ) Tute le reaume tint en bandun Burch¹ 102

2to hold fast to:

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) Ceo k’um ad tant desiree Tient hum ben en sa bandun Rom 15 (Dd.10.31) 252.44

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) 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.xiv^1/4 ) freres od la croiz [...] Ont tant des fiez le roi trait a lur bandon LANGTOFT thiol² 236.E125

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bandun (1141)

s. sg. and pl.