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destincter (1212)

The form destinter is a cross reference to the following entry:

destincter (1212)

destinter;  distincter,  distintier  (destiner ),
(p.p. destingté  2871)  
  FEW:  distinguere 3,100a Gdf:  destinter 2,660c GdfC: TL: destinter 2,1771 / distinter 2,1958 DEAF:  distinguer (distinter)  DMF:  destinter  / distincter  TLF: OED:  distinct v.  MED:  distincten v.  DMLBS:  distinguere 699c

v.trans.

1to distinguish, separate
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  La coroune est le Dieu merk Ki destinte le lai del clerc  630
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  [Q]uatre temps sunt de l’an qe issint sunt distinctez. Veyre, [...]  352
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cist evesqe ordina la clergie et distincta les desgrez  141.24
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  (Charlemagne) abrega des livres des seintz doctours [...] et distincta par lessons covenables a festes del an pur lire en Seinte Eglise  251.4
to divide up, distribute
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Les principales parties ai numez K’en sis livres sunt destinctez  616
to differentiate
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Male esperance ensement Fet a destincter veirement  5964
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Homicide ke de busuine vient Saciez ke destincter covient  8084
2to pick out, recognize
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et doit l’en destincter la quele cause est contenue et assis es reins  i 237
to specify
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si n’est pas a destincter lequel de eus deit primes jurer  128
( 1278 )  la u lur (=the Justices’) lettres patent ne lur dona poer de enquere for solement de la fraunche chace, [...] le cunté (=county court)  (ed. Cunte) eus (=the petitioners) hors de lur poer enquistrent e lé  (ed. le) fesoyent respondre des chaces [...], nient distintiaunt ne enquirant s’il i (=if there)  (ed. si li) ust fraunche chace ou nemy  i 3
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  distinctez le quel cele necessité est eschuable ou noun  23
(of decoration) to pick out, adorn
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un viegne d’or mascif [...] avoit les foilles d’or et les reisyns de cristal destincteez de ameraudes ardantz  79.27
3to describe in detail
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Car par tot vos destincterai [...] E des sainz e des leus les nons  395
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Car la letanie septaine, Si com ja l’orrez destincter, [...] celebrer [...] vendrons  1069
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Car en sis maners peot hom sunger, Qe ci vus voil destincter  1136
( 1275; MS: c.1282 )  [...] com le pays vos savera bin destiner (l. destincter)  (C) 21
( 1313-14 )  lur fist lyre les articles del eyre et distincter les  Ed II v 13
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  fesoit un livre penitenciel [...] qe distincte chescun pecché  234.12

v.intrans.

1to make a distinction
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  Tant out colurs [...] Ke ne poreie deviser, Ne entre lur beltés destincter  1360
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Des arragez ensement fet a destincter, car les frenetics e les lunatics poent felonessement pecchir  139
2to speak distinctly
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  K’il (=Church lectors) sachent tresbien accenter Et lire bien et destincter  779

p.p. as a.

distinct
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (in material to create Man) nul membre n’i ad destincté Mes tut puri e desordinez  11804

See also:

distinguer 
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