comander (s.xii1/4)
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comander (s.xii1/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,949b commendare; Gdf: 2,191b commander; GdfC: 9,131b commander; TL: 2,578 comander; DEAF:  comander; DMF:  commander; TLF:  commander; OED:  command v.; MED:  commaunden v.; DMLBS: 391c commendare ]
comaunder,  comender;  commander,  commandre,  commaunder,  commaundre,  commendre;  cumander,  cummander;  komander,  komaunder,  comannder (l. comaunder)  498,  conmander  43.546 (A),  cunmander  572.55,  kemander  72,  quemander  64.269  

v.a.

1to command, order, ordain: 
( s.xii1/4; MS: c.1120 ) ampur iço que l'ancienetiet nient senz raisun cumandat les hystories estra depaint es honurables lius des sainz [...]  299
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the king) Les Rumains apelat E si lur cumandat Que lur armes presissent  672
( c.1185 )  Cest lyvre me comaunda fere  12706
( s.xiii1/3; MS: c.1255 )  Ore comand que Longin seit priz  (P) 153
( 1357 )  q’il pleise comaunder brief a ses Justices q’ils aillent au juggement ent rendre  78
♦to order, lay down: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Dampnedeu diz comandemenz en la lei commanda  227.2
2to order to be sent: 
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Dient ke au maufez Soit cil corn comaundez  452
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  si soit il comaundé a la prison  i 101
( 1347 )  luy condempna […] par quele il fust utlagé […] & commaundé a prison  ii 178
3to commend, entrust: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  As maiurs cumandat La citet a garder E ben a cultiver  758
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  En la tue main cumanderai (Latin: commendabo) le mien espirit  47.XXX.5
( c.1185 )  Si les ad a Deu cummandé  355
( c.1188-95; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Adam […] Parais te cumand!  31
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Tutes les dames ad seignees E as meins Deus cumandees  622
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  Ore te cummant jeo […] tes fiz de Sainte Iglise  76.508
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  ly fist conestable de tut son host, e ly comanda tote la force de sa terre, e qu’il presist gent assez […]  21.28
4to (re)commend: 
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Thomas de Lundres od li menad, A sun seignur (the King) le comandat Par amur  113
( 1407 )  purroient estre cheriz & commendez  iii 612
♦to commend, praise: 
( 1421 )  il comenda le roi pur diverses causes notables  iv 129
commander a Dieu
1to bid farewell to: 
( c.1215; MS: 1330-40 )  Eawe benette lui (=the departing knight) gitterent, A Dieu puis le comanderent  138
estre comandé
1law(of a writ) to run, be valid: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Son (=the king’s) brief est comandé parmi sa seignorie  228.5
estre a Deu comandé
1to be deceased: 
( 1304 )  […] al Apostoile B., qe est a Deu comaundé  83
( 1351 )  J. de D. qi est a Dieu comandé  430

v._refl.

1to commend, entrust oneself: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  E puis chantent la cumplie Od mult grant psalmodie. Puis [...] a Jesu se cumandent  572
( MS: 1120-40 ) Parfitement s'ad a Deu cumandet  288

p.pr._as_a.

comandant manere
manere#1

p.p._as_a.

1 commanded, ordered, ordained: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Kar cumandede chose est en Israel, e jugement al Deu Jacob  91.80.4
recomander 
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