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enmegrir (c.1136-37)
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enmegrir (c.1136-37)

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enmegrer,  enmegrier,  enmegrir  
  FEW:  macer 6/i,7b Gdf:  enmegrir 3,202a GdfC:  emmaigrir 9,436b TL: enmaigrir 3,450 DEAF:  maigre (enmaigrir)  DMF:  emmaigrir  / emmaigrer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to make thin, lean: 
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Pur enmegrer ceus que sunt mout crasse  Med Comp ANTS 1048

v.intrans.

to be lean, lose weight, become thin: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (Sinners should learn the relevant remedies for sin:) Sicum encuntre lecherie Jeuner ke (=in order that) le char enmegrie  Lum Lais ANTS 10378
( MS: 1272-82 )  Cel mal ad oysel [...] ki soudeinement enmegrist  Glan lex 221D
( MS: s.xiiiex )  maceo: enmegrir  TLL ii 165
( MS: s.xiiiex )  macero (l. maceo): enmegrir  TLL ii 165
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  e trop enmegrist e son groyn par famine enneyrsist  BOZ Cont 56
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Q'il ait un soul repast perdu, Du quoy le corps poet enmegrer  GOWER Mirour 20880

v.refl.

to grow thin: 
( MS: s.xiiim ) Jo m’engressi de mes delices, e vus vus enmegristes par travailz e p[ar] junes  A-N Piety 268
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Un beivre qui bien l’usera, Sachés bien si s’enmegra  Pop Med 164.476

p.p. as a.

emaciated, lean: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Quant veit sa femme enpalie E veit la feble e enmegrie [...]  GAIMAR1 2644
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 ) Qu'espelt que tu es si dehaitez e si enmegriz?  Liv Reis1 81
( 1304 )  le tenant ne poet aver la suffisaunce, par quey qe les bestis le tenant sunt enmegris  YBB 32-33 Ed I 235
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 ) (in prison) Il me donnent a manger Bele promesse sanz rien doner, Dunt su enmegris  Plainte Am 462

See also:

amegrir  megrir 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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