consirer1 (c.1120)
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consirer1 (c.1120)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1067a considerare; Gdf: 2,255c consirer 1 /2,255c consirer 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,737 consirer; DEAF:  consirer; DMF:  consirer; TLF:  consirer 1 / consirer 2; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 450a considerare ]
conserer,  conserrer,  conseurer,  consirrer;  cunsirer,  cunsirrer,  consurrer  

v.a.

1to do without, renounce: 
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xiii )  Que valt tant lunges demurer E sun bien tuit diz consirer?  (Sn1) 93

v.n.

consirer de
to do without: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  De lui ne me puis consirer  5476
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  […] Deske l’enfaunt [si] poet mangier Et de sa mere bien consirer  148
to abstain (from), keep one’s hands (off): 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  (Look after your possessions well) Kar tiel put venir sure, Quant eise en iert e hure, N’en purra consirer  33

v.refl.

1to do without, renounce: 
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xiii )  Qu’el ne se pusse consirrer Que li n’estoce autre amer  (T1) 952
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Willame […] Ne se pot consirer nient D’Engleterre, k’il tant ama  142.Y1150
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Uncor vus mande la pucele […] Ke ne se puet pas consirer Qu’ele a vus n’estusse parler  18587
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  un sul privé pecchié ceilé […] dunt il ne se volt consirer  i 18

sbst._inf.

1abstinence: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  (Lazarus) N’oust tel desir del manger, Ne si feit mal del consirer  118va13
2consideration, thought, desire: 
( MS: c.1120 )  Ne poet estra altra, turnent al consirrer, Mais la dolur ne pothent ublier  156
( MS: c.1120 )  Danz Alexis le met el consirrer: Ne l’en est rien, si'st a Deu aturnét  244
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