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

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

a.

1bowed, lowered: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  le chef tenei’ mult enbrunc  823
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li Escopart l’oi, si tint le chef enbrun  1885
♦with bowed head: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Enbrunc giseit, n’osat parler  6468
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (the indifferent churchgoers) Quant al sermun sunt demurant – Enbrunch se sient en chaperun E dormunt par grant devociun  3417
enbrunc en chaperun
1head bowed under one’s hood: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  La vint Wikel, li fel, enbrunc en chaperon  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)  3417
porter enbrunc chapel
1to 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 [...]  2078
chapel#1 
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