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desester (s.xii1)

The form desestre2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

desester (s.xii1)

desestre  
  FEW:  desistere 3,54a Gdf:  desester 2,581b GdfC:  desister 9,342b TL: desester 2,1575 DEAF:  ester (desester)  DMF:  désister  TLF:  désister (se)  OED:  desist v.  MED:  desisten v.  DMLBS:  desistere 630c

v.intrans.

1to be absent
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il espierent quant Samson desfu, Desqu’a s’amie trestut sunt venu  Anc Test (B) 5000
2to be lacking
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  as queranz Nostre Seignur ne desserat tut bien (Latin: non deerit omne bonum)  Camb Ps 54.XXXIIII.10
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Il ad chascun par sei beisé, Demande [...] Si nule rien lur desesteit Endreit de dras u de cunrei  S Gile1 3254
3to be lacking, wanting
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Mustre a mei, Sire, la meie fin [...], que jeo sace que deseit a mei (Latin: quid desit mihi)  Camb Ps 67.XXXVIII.5
4to be destitute, abandoned
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  desesturent (Latin: destituerunt) , e confus sunt  Camb Ps 207.CVIII.29
5to be distant (from)
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Cumbien desestait li naissemenz del dechedement, luinz fist de nus les noz felunies  Oxf Ps ANTS 103.102.12

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desestre 
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