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dedeigner1 (s.xii1)
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The form desdegner is a cross reference to the following entry:

dedeigner1 (s.xii1)

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dedeiner,  dedeingner;  desdeigner,  desdeinner  (dedenier  Reimpredigten 132.48)  
  FEW:  dignare 3,78a* Gdf:  desdaignier 2,573c GdfC:  desdeigner 9,329b TL: desdeigner 2,1553 DEAF:  deignier (desdeignier)  DMF:  dédaigner  TLF:  dédaigner  OED:  disdain v.  MED:  disdeinen v.  DMLBS:  dedignari 584a

v.trans.

emotionto disdain, scorn: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) il ne despist ne desdeignat la preiere de povre  Oxf Ps ANTS 54.21.25
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Car il desdeigne vostre amor E ad pris femme a grant honor  Trist thomas2 914
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivex )  par grant orgoil et hautesce de queor enflee a ly venir dedeigna  Three Chronicles 12.283
♦emotionto treat with contempt: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dame, sovenir vus dust il bien, Coment al manger me menastes (var. (L: c.1335) dedeignastes) E del pais m’enchaçastes  Amis 1207 (var. K)
♦to flout, disrespect, disregard: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mais li Bretun s'entr'orguillierent E ses sumunses desdeinerent  Brut WACE 8872
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Mes pur ceo qe primes mes comanz desdeignez E ne reusez arere si me contraliez [...]  Rom Chev ANTS 1285

v.refl.

emotionto be indignant, grow angry: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De dis li retrencha sa rente. Li peres mult se desdeinna E avilance li sembla Que si l'aveit l'on fait descendre  Brut WACE 1889
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  si tu veis qu’il (=the king) se desdeigne [...]  Liv Reis1 78
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  li pueple se est desdeigné E de la place ad Simun geté  S Clem ANTS 3921
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  l’emperur se dedeigna E refusa tut veraiment  Mir N-D 9.60
se dedeigner de
emotion to hold in contempt: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Cesar, mult par nus merveillum, E merveillant, nus desdeinum Des Romains e de lur sorfait  Brut WACE 3904-05

p.pr. as a.

1emotiondisdainful, arrogant: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Mult vus alez humiliant E ne estes mie desdeinnant  S Clem ANTS 10850
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  richesce la (=woman) tendra pale E desdeignante e desegale  Dial Greg SATF 3570
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  une abbesse ke fu mult orgoiluse, Dedeignant et suspeçunuse  Mir N-D 62.6
2emotionangry, indignant: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  seies elevet desdeinanz (Latin: indignans) sur mes enemis  Camb Ps 8.VII.6
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Quant Gudmod l’ot oi, mut en fu desdeignant  Horn 3016

sbst. inf.

sanz dedeigner
humbly: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Cil qui tu venz de gré se done Et sanz dedeingner s’abandone  Ross ANTS 575
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