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despandre (s.xii1)
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despandre (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  expandere 3,302b Gdf:  despandre 2,620b GdfC: ∅ TL: despandre 2,1677 DEAF:  espandre (despandre)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to disperse, scatter: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Il serunt despandut a mangier  Oxf Ps ANTS 76.58.17
♦to spread abroad, broadcast: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  Quant despandu e depoplé La novele iert [...]  Dermot2 1350
2ship.to belly out (sails etc.): 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Le vent fu fort e mut bruant, Les pans de son mantel despant  S Osith 280
despandre de
to remove, take away from: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Mais la meie misericorde ne despandrai de lui (Latin: Misericordiam autem meam non dispergam ab eo)  Oxf Ps ANTS 96.88.33
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