1to comprehend, understand:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Enidors decurt en lermant Cume funtaine bien surdant; Sa nature grieu est deprendre
(=its nature is difficult to understand) , Ke tan decurt ne devient mendre
62.823
2lawto apprehend:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
[...] qe chescun [...] s’aprestast [...] de les
(=mortal sinners) consuire de vile en vile [...] si l’em ne les poet occire ne deprendre
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deprendre (s.xii1/3)