1enterprise, undertaking:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
seinte eglise Out grant tribuil de ceste enprise
(=disbelief in the resurrection of the dead)
Set Dorm ANTS 884
(
c.1256;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Ja ne fra bone emprise Pur reyndre saynt eglise, Jo quid certaynement
Pol Songs 45.45
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
(a pagan matron) l’ad aprise K’ele lessat cel enprise
(=conversion to Christianity) E se affeitat a la justise
boz Seven Poems 106.21
2scheme, plan:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
cil l’i vet mut agueitant [...] Ke sa joie peust desdire E sa emprise descunfire
Pet Plet ANTS 486
(
c.1275;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
(The lamb) De ses corneles la dame enpeynt [...] E en contenaunce de sa enprise La sumunt de haster a la eglise
S Fran ANTS 3675
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xivin
)
L’en deit en plaie verser seel […] solom la enprise nostre Seignur
Ancren1 316.23
♦
machination, shady dealing:
(
1214;
MS: 1214-16
)
si lu prist a demander Comment fust e par quele emprise Laienz, contre sa commandise, Li pelerin trezisme entré
S Greg 1383
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Il sustret par ces engins De seint Lorens treis beaus petrins, E de seint Anneis par ses enpris Si fortret un beu purpris, E ceo a tort
Mir N-D 107.37
(
1307
)
quant as diverses emprises et bargaines dont le dit Evesque se mella [...]
LANGETON 138.12
3enterprise, enterprising character:
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
En tut le munde a ma devise N’en out heom de sa enprise
Mir N-D 33.16
4arrest, seizure:
(
1323-25
)
de ceux d’Espaigne [...] les Franceys ne dounent counte quant a nule emprise ne arrest faire
St Sard 161
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emprise (s.xiiiin)