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besorder (s.xii2)
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besorder (s.xii2)

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besordier  
  FEW:  surdus *12,454b Gdf:  besorder 1,636a GdfC: ∅ TL: besorder 1,948 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  bessourdé  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to defile: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  li reis fist besorder Thophet, cel liu ki tant ert delitable  Liv Reis1 222
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  la raschail, Ke il desdeinerent a tuer E lur branz en eus [si] suiller (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) en els besordier )  S Edm Life ANTS 2166 (var.)
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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