(despiser)1 (s.xii1)

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(despiser)1 (s.xii1)

[ FEW: 3,55a despicere; Gdf: 2,630a despiser; GdfC: ; TL: 2,1698 despisier; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  despise v.; MED:  despisen v.; DMLBS: ]
 

v.n.

1to look away, avert one’s gaze
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Pur quei, Sire, estas tu en luein? Tu despis (Latin: despicis) en tens de anguisse  13.IX.21
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