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enmegrir (c.1136-37)

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enmegrir (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 6/i,7b macer; Gdf: 3,202a enmegrir; GdfC: 9,436b emmaigrir /8,95b amaigrir; TL: 3,450 enmaigrir /1,321 amaigrir; DEAF: maigre (enmaigrir) / maigre (amaigrir); DMF: emmaigrir / emmaigrer / amaigrir; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

enmegrer, enmegrier, enmegrir; emmegrir; amegrer, amegrier, amegrir

v.a.

1to slim:

( c.1300?; MS: s.xiv^m ) Pur enmegrer ceus que sunt mout crasse 1048

v.n.

1to 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 10378

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) tel leter e tel rewayn fet lez vaches amegrer e afebler 284.c55

( MS: 1272-82 ) Cel mal ad oysel [...] ki soudeinement enmegrist 221D

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) maceo: enmegrir ii 165

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) macero (l. maceo): enmegrir ii 165

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) e trop enmegrist e son groyn par famine enneyrsist 56

v.refl.

1to grow thin:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) De jeuner et de vellier s’amegri 761

( MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Un beivre qui bien l’usera, Sachés bien si s’enmegra 164.476

p.p._as_a.

1emaciated, lean:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Quant veit sa femme enpalie E veit la feble e enmegrie [...] 2644

( 1304 ) par quey qe les bestis le tenant sunt enmegris 32-33 Ed I 235

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