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desmesurer (c.1136-37)

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desmesurer (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 6/i,727b mensurare; Gdf: 2,611c desmesurer; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1650 desmesurer; DEAF: mesurer (desmesurer); DMF: démesurer; TLF: démesurer; OED: dismeasure v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

demesurer;
p.p. desmesuret

v.refl.

1to exceed all bounds:

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) Amur n’est mie amur ke ne se desmesure p.xiv

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Fine amor qi n’a pas mesure A cest coup fort se desmesure 694

2to lose one’s self-control, becomme excessive:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) le rei [...] mult s'est puis desmesurez Si est en grant orguil muntez 4465

( s.xiii^1/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) Cum celui qui n’est parfund sené A sun talent se lait demesurer 1463

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) tant [...] soi desmesura Qu’en lui mist mein par maltalent 952

p.p._as_a.

1excessive, immoderate:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Cil detirerent lur chevols E firent dol desmesuret 6349

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) [...] Quer Alemanz y poinstrent comme gent desreee; La mesnie Richart rest moult desmesuree i 122.3269

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