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confondre (c.1136-37)

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confondre (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1046a confundere; Gdf: 2,235b confondre; GdfC: 9,153b confondre; TL: 2,682 confondre; DEAF: confondre; DMF: confondre; TLF: confondre; OED: confound v.; MED: confounden v.; DMLBS: 437c confundere ]

confonder, confoundre, confoundrer, confunder, confundre; cumfundre, cunfundre

v.a.1to overthrow, defeat ♦ to refute ♦ to banish, consign (to hell, etc.) 2to destroy ♦ (as curse) to destroy, confound ♦ to wreck, sink 3to disturb, upset 4to confuse, mix up ♦ to mislead, lead astray
v.absol.1to ruin
p.p._as_a.1downcast, dejected

v.a.

1to overthrow, defeat:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) li miens Deus, en tei sui afiez: ne seie cundud (var. (B: s.xii^4/4) cunfundud) 37.XXIV.1

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Tel orgoil as enpris […] Dont tu es confonduz 962

( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii² ) Par dulce pais ad cumfunduz Tuz nos enemis e vencuz 1737

♦to refute:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Pur cumpruver le e cumfundre 4584

( s.xiii^m; MS: c.1300 ) il respondi, E cele folour confoundi, E prova par vive reson Ke […] 1789

♦to banish, consign (to hell, etc.):

( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Rayner et sa mesné sunt saunz repairer Confoundrés al diable i 492

2to destroy:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Puis cururent en B., Cele cuntree unt cunfundue, Granz damages e granz dolurs Firent iloc 5164

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Li felon ki lor preome el mond Confundent, confundez serrunt 7780

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) [A] cunfundre felun: Pernez la racine de wymauve […] 218.119

♦(as curse) to destroy, confound:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Confond les, Sire, si te plet; destruy lur manantie 6511

( c.1185 ) un baron, qui Deus cunfunde […] 71

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiv² ) Le fiz Marie la confunde! 904 (var. C22)

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: c.1300 ) Jhesu la confounde, ke tot le mound fit! 36

♦ship.to wreck, sink:

( a.1399; MS: a.1399 ) toutz les niefs furount esparpilez et en poynt d’estre confunduz 117.10

3to disturb, upset:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) por eschivre la ren del mund Ke plus le cors de home cunfund: Ceo est tristur 26

( s.xiv¹; MS: s.xiv^m ) (too much wine) enflaume la colre et confond la fey 12.96

4to confuse, mix up:

( MS: 1155-60 ) Ne mie confundanz (Latin: confundentes) les persones (=of the Trinity) 288.4

♦to mislead, lead astray:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) Nus desusums totes ces creatures, e il les crie; nus les confundums, e il les guie 20.61

v.absol.

1to ruin:

( c.1185 ) Amur cunfunt, amur socurt 3817

p.p._as_a.

1emotiondowncast, dejected:

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) palles e teint e confundu 528

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