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branler (s.xii2/4)
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branler (s.xii2/4)

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branlir  
  FEW:  brand 1 15/i,247b Gdf:  branler 1,722b GdfC:  branler 8,368b TL: branler 1,1124 DEAF:  brant 1 (branler)  DMF:  branler  TLF:  branler  OED:  brandish v.  / brangle v.1  MED:  braundishen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to brandish, shake: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Quant l'oit Guenes, l'espee en ad branlie  Roland 499
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  De sun espiét la hanste en ad branlee  Roland 3327
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  braule (l. branle) sa lance  Ancren1 44.4

v.intrans.

to swing: 
( MS: s.xiii )  ocillo, -as: (A) pur branler  TLL ii 52

v.refl.

to bestir oneself: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  drecez vous; braulez (l. branlez) vous; levez sus en haut les eolz vers ciel  Ancren1 203.28
♦to rush about: 
( 1341 )  vous purretz [...] vous branler [...] par de cea, qe vous ne averez poair de perfourner vostre emprise  C&B 59

p.pr. as a.

trembling: 
( c.1432 )  une salire d’or [...], et au pié deux vermailles et une piere branlant  Bedford Inventories C258
( 1433-34; MS: c.1449 )  xxixi perles plus menues, rondes et blanches branlans  Bedford Inventories B185
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