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

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comaunder,  comender;  commander,  commandre,  commaunder,  commaundre,  commendre;  cumander,  cummander;  komander,  komaunder  (comannder (l. comaunder)  Mar Diable 498,  conmander  S Marg wace 43.546 (A),  cunmander  Rom 35 572.55,  kemander  Lett AF 72,  quemander  Legendary 64.269)  
  FEW:  commendare 2/ii,949b Gdf:  commander 2,191b GdfC:  commander 9,131b TL: comander 2,578 DEAF:  comander  DMF:  commander  TLF:  commander  OED:  command v.  MED:  commaunden v.  DMLBS:  commendare 391c

v.trans.

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 [...]  S Greg Lett 299
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the king) Les Rumains apelat E si lur cumandat Que lur armes presissent  Comput ANTS 672
( c.1185 )  Cest lyvre me comaunda fere  Proth ANTS 12706
( s.xiii1/3; MS: c.1255 )  Ore comand que Longin seit priz  Resur (P) 153
( 1357 )  q’il pleise comaunder brief a ses Justices q’ils aillent au juggement ent rendre  Northumb 78
♦to order, lay down: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Dampnedeu diz comandemenz en la lei commanda  Comm RTMS 227.2
2to order to be sent: 
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Dient ke au maufez Soit cil corn comaundez  Cor Lai 452
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  si soit il comaundé a la prison  BRITT i 101
( 1347 )  luy condempna […] par quele il fust utlagé […] & commaundé a prison  Rot Parl1 ii 178
3to commend, entrust: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  As maiurs cumandat La citet a garder E ben a cultiver  Comput ANTS 758
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  En la tue main cumanderai (Latin: commendabo) le mien espirit  Camb Ps 47.XXX.5
( c.1185 )  Si les ad a Deu cummandé  Proth ANTS 355
( c.1188-95; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Adam […] Parais te cumand!  Creation 31
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Tutes les dames ad seignees E as meins Deus cumandees  S Modw 622
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  Ore te cummant jeo […] tes fiz de Sainte Iglise  Legendary 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 […]  Fouke ANTS 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  S Thom beneit1 113
( 1407 )  purroient estre cheriz & commendez  Rot Parl1 iii 612
♦to commend, praise: 
( 1421 )  il comenda le roi pur diverses causes notables  Rot Parl1 iv 129
commander a Dieu
to bid farewell to: 
( c.1215; MS: 1330-40 )  Eawe benette lui (=the departing knight) gitterent, A Dieu puis le comanderent  Purg S Pat second anon 138
estre comandé
law(of a writ) to run, be valid: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Son (=the king’s) brief est comandé parmi sa seignorie  LANGTOFT thiol2 228.5
estre a Deu comandé
to be deceased: 
( 1304 )  […] al Apostoile B., qe est a Deu comaundé  Lett AF 83
( 1351 )  J. de D. qi est a Dieu comandé  Corr Lond 430

v. refl.

to commend, entrust oneself: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  E puis chantent la cumplie Od mult grant psalmodie. Puis [...] a Jesu se cumandent  S Brend mup 572
( MS: 1120-40 ) Parfitement s'ad a Deu cumandet  S Alexis1 288

p.pr. as a.

comandant manere
manere1

p.p. as a.

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

See also:

recomander 
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