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desjeuner (1160-74)

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

desjeuner (1160-74)

dejeuner,  desgeuner  
  FEW:  disjejunare 3,95a Gdf:  desjeuner 2,601c GdfC:  desjeuner 9,342c TL: desjëuner 2,1621 DEAF:  desjeüner  DMF:  déjeuner  TLF:  déjeuner 1  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.refl.

to break one’s fast
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  E quant li soleil escunsat Dunc a primes se desgeunat  S Jean ANTS 4830
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (Two monks on a journey) soi declinoient Chiés lei (=a religious woman) e soi desjeunoient  Dial Greg SATF 5304
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Ne se desjunerent, nis de un disner, Einz ke a Verolame aient fait mener Le clerc  S Aub 1363
se desjeuner de
to eat, feed of
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Un dieu soloient aorer Qu’il soloient Tur(c) apeler, [...] Hommes vis li sacrefioient, Du sanc de l’omme s’arosoient, Mez anchiez s’en desgeunoient  Rom de Rou wace ii 315.196

See also:

disner1 
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