1also_fig.to trample (on, underfoot), crush:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
li enemis [...] aprienge e
defult en terre
(Latin: conculcet in terram)
Camb Ps 8.VII.5
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Come la semence est semee Ki delez veie est
defolee, A la terre ne se pot prendre [...]; Tant est
defolee e marchié N’i puet ester fructifiee
Salemon 1654, 1657
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Meint vassal i out
defulé E meint esteint [...]
Ipom BFR 4927
(
MS: s.xiii
)
calcabo: calco,
defuler
TLL i 122
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
teror: ge su
defulé
TLL ii 7
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
proteris:
defulet vus
TLL ii 7
(
1293
)
yl ne voleyt ceser mes
defola (=the prohibition) desus ses pees
YBB 21-22 Ed I 97
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
Se [...] il ou ele, le quel ke cessoit
(l. ceo seit) amerement reprenient e
defulent e debrisent ses ordz paroles e les despisent [...]
Ancren2 249.7
♦
to trample down:
(
MS: s.xiv2/3
)
face gettre le disme garbe [...] et les mettre par eux mesmes en ascun lieu certeyn saunz rien de ceo estre emblez ou
defolé
HENLEY2 478.3
♦
to damage, spoil:
(
1330-31
)
assaut firent a mesme cesti R., navrerent e autres leetz
(=harm) lui firent, desolerent
(l. defolerent) ses draps
Sel Bills Eyre 134
(
1350-51
)
(measurement of cloth shall be made) sanz
defoler les draps
Stats i 314 i
♦
to run over, crush:
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
E fist prendre le pople de la cited, si fist de serres detrencher e de chars ferrez
defuler
Liv Reis1 80
2to destroy:
(
1311
)
il les trova en sa severel pescherie desolant
(l. defolant) soun pessoun […], destruant ces
(=ses) sines
(=swans) eyrers et desolant
(l. defolant) soun rosse
(=roach)
YBB Ed II xi 4
♦
lawto annul, cancel, invalidate:
(
1319
)
Jeo voille qe ceste rente soit bien
defolé, qar par celes venues put homme estre disheryté
YBB Ed II xxv 34
♦
to batter, harm, ill-treat:
(
1291-92
)
e le bati e le desola
(l. defola) issi qe le sang esperi de totes pars
Sel Bills Eyre 34
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1312-40
)
les rybaudz de leynz ly escharnierent e
defolerent e detrestrent par ces
(=ses) chevoyls e par ces pees
Fouke ANTS 32.32
(
MS: c.1310
)
assaut firent et lui batirent,
defolerent […]
Nov Narr 324
(
1328
)
le batirent, naufrerent et desolerent
(l. defolerent)
Corr Lond 361
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
s’il n’eust eu le nees grandement
defolez et debrisez
Sz Med1 138
♦
to defile (a woman):
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
la
(=St. Agnes) aresona K’ele reniast seinte eglise [...] Ou ele serreit amenee Al bordele nue pur estre
defolee
boz Seven Poems 96.105
(
a.1406;
MS: s.xv1
)
la hountousement surgisoit
(l. purgisoit) et
defoilla carnelement countre sa volunté
Lett & Pet 27.10
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