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blemir (c.1150)
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blemir (c.1150)

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bleimer;  blemer,  blesmer,  blesmir  
  FEW:  *blesmjan 15/i,156b Gdf:  blesmir 1,661b GdfC:  blesmir 8,331b TL: blesmir 1,999 DEAF:  blesmir  DMF:  blêmir  TLF:  blêmir  OED:  blemish v.  MED:  blemishen v.  DMLBS:  blemire 203c

v.trans.

1to damage, harm: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  As cors garder i vint un grant lu enchani, De chens ne d’autres bestes ke nul ne fust blesmi  S Aub 1550
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Unke de feu nen  (ed. n’en) out damage, Ne unke feu de ren blesmee La seinte ymage honuré  Mir N-D 125.50
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ne suffri pas que sa netteté [...] de rien li fust blemé  S Rich ANTS 274
( 1324-25 )  q’il (=the king) veoille comaunder [...] qe sa esglise [...] ne seit blemyie ne desherité  Rot Parl1 i 426
♦to violate: 
( MS: s.xiii-s.xiv )  (B.V.M.) unkes ne feu blesmee De home, ne adesee  Lyric 34.35
♦lawto injure, impair, infringe (of legal rights etc.): 
( 1281 )  sanz blesmir de riens les franchises de vos chapeles  Lett AF 26
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  refrener la folie De cels qe si bleimeient nostre seignurie  LANGTOFT thiol2 482.294
( 1305 )  sun estat ne eust mie mult esté blemie  YBB 33-35 Ed I 51
( 1327 )  qe burgs, cités et viles de franchise eynt lours frankes usages et costumes saunz desturbance de nuli et nient blemés  Rot Parl2 122
♦lawto invalidate: 
( 1301 )  il la puet afermer saunz blemir son serment e saunz la coroune desheriter  Parl Writs 104
2to discolour, blemish: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Taunt aveit sun chef demené, Taunt debatu, taunt dehurté Que toute la char ert blemie Et toute quassee et purrie  S Nichol wace 1529
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Kar de l’une e de l’autre desculuree est en ceste vie e blesmee  S Rich ANTS 1116
♦also_fig.to blemish, sully: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  orguil het e lecherie, Unc sa char ne fud blesmie  S Modw 1430
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  touz les gros pecchez dont vus estes blemiz e entechiez  Ancren2 80.8

v.intrans.

to be damaged: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Peridon (a precious stone) [...] Ne porroit ardoir ne blesmir  Lapid 295

p.pr. as a.

damaging, injurious to: 
( 1323-25 )  damageouses (et blemisantes vostre honur)  St Sard 119
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