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enfreidir (1141)
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enfreidir (1141)

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enfreder,  enfredir;  enfreider;  enfroider,  enfroidir  
  FEW:  frigidus 3,800b Gdf:  enfroidir 3,159c GdfC: ∅ TL: enfroidir 3,364 DEAF:  froit 1 (enfroidir)  DMF:  enfroidir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to chill, make cold: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex ) Pur ceo dit al vent de norz ki enfreidit le freile  1876
( MS: s.xiii ) refrigeratur: (L) seyt enfredy (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) est refrydi )  ii 126.6
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  pur ceo est singnefié par lui (=sand) li odif ke enfreidit e esteint ceo feu  152.6

v.intrans.

to grow cold: 
( MS: 1272-82 )  La feie e les entrailles enfreidlisent  (ms. enfreidisent)  4
♦to cool down: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Pus le metez en val et le lessez enfreyder dekes sel taye autre fez leve desus  379.1
♦to be cold: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  algeo: (T) enfreder  ii 29
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  algere: enfreder  ii 9

p.pr. as a.

cold, lifeless: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Pur mort le guerpissent [...] Charoinne le tenent sanz alme enfreidissant  848

p.p. as a.

1cold: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ceste (=ointment) eschaufe les lius enfrediz  i 71
♦cooled down: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 ) metez i vostre pudre de colofonie [...] e met a quire; e quant ert quit, seit osté del feu; e quant il ert enfreidi e endurci [...]  108.3
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  lessez nous garcions amener nous chivalx sus et jus en le rieu entanque ils soient enfroidez  (D) 21.102
2fig.powerless: 
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De Rome ierent la gent En gleive e en turment, E si ert enfroidi En la main de cel roi  785

See also:

afreidir  freidir 
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