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empenné (s.xii1)
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empenné (s.xii1)

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enpené,  enpenet,  enpenné  
  FEW:  pinna 8,528b Gdf:  empenné 3,57b / empenner 1 3,57b GdfC:  empenner 9,440c TL: empener 3,97 DEAF:  pene (empené)  DMF:  empenné  TLF:  empenner  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  impennare 1245b

a.

1orn.zool.feathered: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  oiseals enpenez (Latin: volatilia pennata)  Camb Ps 140.LXXVII.28
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Delivre e tut legger cum oisel enpenné  S Aub 991
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  les poucins volent quant il ont plume e sont enpennez  Ancren2 180.16
♦weaponsmil.(of arrows, etc.) feathered: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Lancent les lances, les gros darz enpennez, E gavelocs e fausarz quarrez  Otinel 1102
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  traient seetes e quarels enpenez  Anc Test (B) 4379
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Set darz aguz, ben enpennez  Gui War 11124
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  les seetes [...] ke volent avant legerement sicom darz enpennez  Ancren2 176.14
2 hit, injured by feathered arrows: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Lambert d'Averenches i est a mort liverez E Raul de Bleives de dous pars enpennez, Ne vivera gueres, kar il en est pasmez  Otinel 1712
empenné de
fig.winged with, with wings of: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Del doble amur de carité Furent si ferm e enpenné Que halt en celx a Deu volerent  Salemon 852

s.

orn.zool.winged creature, bird: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  en vain est tendue rei Devant les oilz as enpenez (Latin: ante oculos pennatorum) , Kar halt en l’air sunt tost volez  Salemon 827
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