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scharnir (s.xiii^m)

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scharnir (s.xiii^m)

charnir

FEW: *skirnjan *17,120a Gdf: charnir 2,76c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: charnir 2 TLF: ∅ OED: scorn v. MED: scornen v. DMLBS: ∅

to mock, deride, scorn:

( s.xiii^m; MS: c.1335 ) E sis charnissent pur çoe qu’il verrai Deu nen aveient Legendary 93.15

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) li dyable s’en rit, si le scharnist (l. l’escharnist?) Ancren² 45.5

( s.xiv^2/3; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Le piere quidoit q’ele lui scharnisoit et devint trop corucé Brut Prose (1332) 416

to mock, jeer, behave contemptuously:

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) [...] De doner dunc li dime enfant, Come lais l’offrent en charnissant, Ke pas nel funt par devociun Lum Lais ANTS 8000

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^2/4 ) Altres adecertes en charnissaunt distrent: cils sount pleinz embutz de moust Actes (B) 210a

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