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dequasser (1113-19)

dequasser (1113-19)

desquasser;  dequaiser,  dequaisser,  dequaissier  
  FEW:  quassare  Gdf:  decasser 2,438c GdfC: TL: decasser 2,1242 DEAF:  casser (decasser)  DMF:  décasser  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.intrans.

to crush, smash
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cument loer Qui ben curt par mer Nef qui seit desquassee E desus enfundree?  Comput ANTS 87
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  ne crendrums cum serat translatee la terre e dequassé (Latin: concussi) li munt el quer de la mer  Camb Ps 80.XLV.2
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  (the shields) Ne se poent tenir ainz sunt tuz dequaissez  Horn 3360
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  voit lur forz healmes aguz, Que tut estoient detrenché E malmis e tut dequaisé  Waldef BB 17022
( 1329-30 )  un homme cheit et dequassa sa teste encontre un tronk  YBB 3-4 Ed III 211
to destroy, annihilate
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Conturbees sunt les genz, dequasissié (Latin: concussa) sunt li regnes  Camb Ps 80.XLV.6
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