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detordre1 (c.1136-37)
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detordre1 (c.1136-37)

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detortre,  detuertre;  destertre,  destordre, 
(p.p.pl. destuers)  
  FEW:  torquere 13/ii,97a Gdf:  detordre 2,687c GdfC:  detordre 1 9,369c TL: detordre 2,1834 DEAF:  tordre (*)  DMF:  détordre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  detorquere 639b

v.trans.

1to twist, contort: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  riches heom [...] Ki ses lewres vet detortant  Salemon 11030
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Plure dé oils, sun cors detuert  Trist thomas2 3006
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  lur menbres sunt destuers, desjointz e esluissé  S Aub 1778
♦to wring (hands): 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  detuert ses mains  GAIMAR1 6357
2to alter, change: 
( 1282 )  aviums enpris le chemyn envers les Illes […]; dount nus peise que nus ne pussums destertre ceol chimyn […] pur vestre comaundement acomplir  Foedera1 i 611
detordre les, ses (etc.) poins
poin1

v.refl.

to writhe: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  (the monk) se destort, si se defruisse  Mirur1 122ra15

See also:

tortre1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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