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denuer (s.xii1)
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denuer (s.xii1)

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denuder,  desnuer  (desmuer)  
  FEW:  nudus 7,229b Gdf:  denuer 2,509b GdfC:  denuer 9,304c TL: denüer 2,1405 DEAF:  nu (desnüer)  DMF:  dénuer  TLF:  dénuer  OED:  denude v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  denudare 613a

v.trans.

1 to strip bare: 
( s.xii1; MS: s.xiiim ) Ileuc l’ad (St Catherine) despoille[e] e tote denue[e]  134
♦to lay bare: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Tu feris le chief de la maisun de felun, denuas (Latin: denudasti) le fundement desque al col  271.19
2to strip off: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  il lui desnuerent sa cote  277

v.refl.

to strip oneself bare: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Ke plus s’i apue De sens se desmue (l. desnue?) E de sauveté  846

p.p. as a.

bare: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  del denué chiés des anemis (Latin: nudati inimicorum capitis)  278.64
♦weaponsbared: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Ceste espee fud deswainee e desnuee  ii 23
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