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engurdir (s.xiiiin)
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engurdir (s.xiiiin)

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engordir,  engourdir  
  FEW:  gurdus 4,328a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  engourdir 9,467a TL: engordir 3,397 DEAF:  gort 2 (engordir) G1029 DMF:  engourdir  TLF:  engourdir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.intrans.

to grow numb, stiffen: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  si [...] jeo les meins teles eusse Dunt uverainne feire peusse! [...] Meis eles me sunt tant afeblies, E par mun surfeit engurdies  S Clem ANTS 5900
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  [...] Lé nerfs du bevour engurdisent (M.E. swellin)  BIBB ROTH (G) 176

p.p. as a.

numb: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Les pez out tortz, nerfs engurdiz  S Edw paris ANTS 1937
( MS: s.xiii2 ) un prudume aveit les nerfs engurdiz en une des meins e les veines si engrossiés ke [...]  Med Treatise 331
( MS: c.1300 ) A nerf engurdi: Pernez malvas [...]  Pop Med 319.41

See also:

agurdir  esgurdir  gurd 
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