1to unbelt, unfasten:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
L'espee desceinst, l'elme osta
2819
(
c.1185
)
El mesme deceint le brant
6487
1costumeungirdled, unbelted:
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
dechaucez et deceyntz, sauntz coyfe
i 35
(
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
sans coiffe e sans chaperon, desceints
30
(
1329-30
)
le chaunpioun feust vestu en sa cote descente et deschevelé et deschaucé des soutlers
3-4 Ed III 546
(
1394;
MS: s.xv1
)
les testes nues, desarmez et desceintes
223.45
♦
detached, disconnected:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Si nus diuns mençunge a ciente, nus sumes desceint de la chevalerie Deu e deslié del baudré de verité
ii 12
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desceindre (1155)