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despurveu (c.1165)

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despurveu (c.1165)

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[ FEW: 9,484a providere; Gdf: 2,634c desporvoir (desporveu); GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1711 desporvëu; DEAF: ∅; DMF: dépourvu; TLF: dépourvu; OED: ∅; MED: dispurveied ppl.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

despurvu; dispurveu,
pl. despurvetz (C) 171v

a.

1stripped, ravaged:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) sa tere nue despuliee e despurveue 232

♦deprived, short (of):

( c.1371; MS: s.xv¹ ) Conceue vostre lettre faisaunt mencione coment vostre argent est despenduz, nient vuilent que ent soiez dispurveue, vous envoie par le portour d’icestez xl. soldz 377

2unguarded:

( c.1165; MS: s.xii^4/4 ) Letire (l. L’eure) despurvue semble beste cornue 218.iv

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