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enbrunc (c.1170)
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enbrunc (c.1170)

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enbronc,  enbrun,  enbrunch  
  FEW:  *bruncus *1,564a Gdf:  embronc 3,41b GdfC: ∅ TL: embronc 3,69 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  embronc  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

bowed, lowered: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  le chef tenei’ mult enbrunc  Fol Trist ANTS 823
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li Escopart l’oi, si tint le chef enbrun  Boeve 1885
♦with bowed head: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Enbrunc giseit, n’osat parler  Mirur3 6468
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (the indifferent churchgoers) Quant al sermun sunt demurant – Enbrunch se sient en chaperun E dormunt par grant devociun  Lum Lais ANTS 3417
enbrunc en chaperun
head bowed under one’s hood: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  La vint Wikel, li fel, enbrunc en chaperon  Horn 4549
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Enbrunch (var. (C: s.xiii4/4) En brounc; (D: s.xiv1/4) En brunche; (F: s.xiv4/4) Embrunche) se sient en chaperun (=during sermons)  Lum Lais ANTS 3417
porter enbrunc chapel
to bow one’s head in shame: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si nul hom’ ad çaenz [...] Ki die k’unc feisse vers vus fait desleel, Dunt joe deie en curt porter enbrunc chapel [...]  Horn 2078

See also:

chapel1 
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