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deviner (s.xii1/3)
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deviner (s.xii1/3)

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devinir;  diviner,  divinner  
  FEW:  divinare 3,107a Gdf:  deviner 2,700b GdfC:  deviner 9,373b TL: deviner 2,1870 DEAF:  deviner  DMF:  deviner  TLF: ∅ OED:  divine v.  MED:  divinen v.  DMLBS:  divinare 707b

v.trans.

1to foretell, prophesy, divine: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  [...] E dunc s’irad tut deviner Iço que hom purpensera  Lapid 251.1464
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Deu le me dunt [...] Dame, dist Herselot, vus l’avrez, jol devin  Horn 729
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Naissez de la Virgine sicume devinat Ysaie par cestes paroles [...]  Joshua Sermons i 10
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Pur Deu murras martir, ço vus di e devin  S Aub 68
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  De choses futurs devine a devise  Lapid 93.664
♦to divine, interpret: 
( 1310-20 )  Joseph parle a roy e divyne sé sounges  Qu Mary’s Ps 17v
♦to surmise, suppose: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne me conoissez pas, bien le sai e devin  Horn 3689
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Custanz out nun, com jeo devin  Mir N-D 33.7
2to ascertain, identify: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Fort est a deviner qui victorie en ait  Rom Chev ANTS 1974
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  (the weapon was) jetez e temprez D’un metal ki n’iert pas de ligier devinez  Horn 3192
( c.1185 )  Nuls hom deviner ne saveit De quel color li pelz esteit  Proth ANTS 1542
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mult s’esmerveille A. [...], Si funt l’altre tut, [...] qu’il vont entr’els devinant Des estrumenz qu’il oent [...]  Anc Test (B) 12055
( 1311 )  nous ne poms par vostre demande deviner quele rent ceo sait  YBB Ed II x 88
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  E luy comandeyent diviner ky ceo estoyt que luy out feru  Bible Holkham 49.3
♦to specify: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Herbes ausi pur medicine Dunt les noms ci vous divine  BIBB ROTH (G) 643
( 1313-14 )  covient qe soit devisnee ou la prise fut fete  YBB Ed II v 187
3to mean, signify: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Lors apris quele chose divine Li unicornes  Ross ANTS 4298

v.intrans.

1to prophesy, divine: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Qui a sun col la (=a magical stone) portera, Soventefeiz devinera  Lapid 246.1311
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  Ariolor, -laris, id est diviner  Gloss Bod 730 pims 35.35
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Deu [...] deviner les fait  Dial Greg SATF 6038
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Ço dient tut en devinant  Brut Royal 29
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Naissez de la Virgine sicume devinat Ysaie  Joshua Sermons i 10
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De ceste avisiun le frere [...] devine e dit [...]  S Rich ANTS 1102
2to divine, interpret: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  (a passing comet) Mult plusurs humes l'esgarderent, En meint endreit en devinerent, Chascun diseit sa devinaille  GAIMAR1 5148
3to narrate: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Nul nel purreit cunter, cum la letre devine  Horn 1656

p.pr. as a.

able to prophesy: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ‘Sibile’ erent nomees [...] Tutes femmes savantes Ki erent devinantes  Sibile 14
deviner des oils
to make signs: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Des oilz suvent li cluina  (ms. divinna) sus K’il suffrit k’il fust cunclus  Josaphaz2 1557 (MS)
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