delaisser (s.xii1)
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delaisser (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 5,222b laxare; Gdf: 2,480a delaissier; GdfC: 9,294b delaissier; TL: 2,1328 delaissier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  délaisser; TLF:  délaisser; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
delesser;  delaissir,  delaissier  

v.a.

1to abandon: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  ne deguerpisses mei, e ne deleisses mei (Latin: ne dimittas me)  42.XXVI.11
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Se ne veus nos deus aorer Et ta fole eror delaissier  549
♦to abandon, depart from: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  je acertes ne delessai (Latin: non dimisi) tes mandemenz  225.CXVIII.87
♦to dismiss, release: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Enveiat li reis e desliad lui, li prince des pueples, e delessad lui (Latin: dimisit illum)  192.CIV.20

v.refl.

1to abandon, depart from: 
( 1302 )  si dedenz le dit terme l’en se delaissoit & desportoit du tout du dit traitié  i 946
delaisser a
1to neglect to: 
( 1303 )  E ne poet li dit nostre sires [...] delaier ne delaisser a fere le dit homage  i 162
( 1405 )  et s'aucuns en avoient delaissies lors a envoier, qu'ilz les puissent baillier au dit viije jour de mars  602
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