desnuer1 (s.xiiiin)
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desnuer1 (s.xiiiin)

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  FEW:  nodare 7,165a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  desnoer 9,348b TL: desnöer 2,1658 DEAF:  noër 2 (desnoër)  DMF:  dénouer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  disnodare 687a
denouer  

v.n.

1mil.(of an army) to become disbanded, disunited (?): 
( 1355-64; MS: s.xivex )  lez sires de Moubray, de Abernethin, de Brighen, et de Gordoun, od plusours autres, s'en issit en .ij. bataillis, lour enemys d'escoce estoient denouez, avoint envoyé lours herbisours de lour herbiger a Methfen  52

v.refl.

1to become untied: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Li linge drap [...] Senz mein mettre se desnuat  3344
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