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defendre2 (s.xii1/3)

defendre2 (s.xii1/3)


pret.3 defendi,  defendist; 
fut.6 defenderunt; 
p.p. defendu  
[ FEW: 3,28b defendere; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,288b defendre; TL: 2,1278 defendre; DEAF: ; DMF:  défendre; TLF:  défendre; OED:  defend v.; MED:  defenden v.; DMLBS: 587b defendere ]

v.trans.

to split, split open
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  un tel coup li donne si ke l’escu defendi environ  (D) 1198

v.intrans.

to split open, burst asunder
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ceraunius [...] neist al firmament La u se cumbatent li vent. Par grant vertu d’iloc descent: Ço qu’ele conseut, art e fent  (ms. defend)  218.426 (MS)
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  Lui draguns en deu pars meintenant defendist  183

v.refl.

to part
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  D’iloc ausi les venz vendrunt U les niules se defenderunt  1662

See also:

fendre1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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