enoscurir (c.1235)

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enoscurir (c.1235)

[ FEW: 7,281a obscurus; Gdf: 3,215b enoscurer /3,215b enoscurir; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
enoscurer;  enobscurir,  enobscurer  

v.a.

1to blind
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (the nun was) tant enoscuree par tenebrour de la nuyt, qe ele ne sout qe chose ceo fust  100
to obscure
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sa vewe fu esclarsye Ke avaunt esteit enoscurye  7206
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  la vewe Rollo [...] fu enobscuré  259.21
fig.to darken
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  [...] vice [...] Dount son queor sait enobscuri  923

v.n.

1to be covered over, become invisible
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Trembla trestut li mundz, solail enobscuri  252
(of night) to fall
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Quant li jurs decline e nuit enobscuri  454
to become dark
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Par la nuit ki survint li airs enobscuri  1056

p.p._as_a.

1dark
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Au coup duner li sunt li oil du chief sailliz E aval sunt chaetz, tut est enobscuritz  916
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Tenebres furent par le mund, Trestute gent grand pour unt. Tresque nune ad duré, Tut li munt enoscuré  (ed. en oscur[t]é)  230.944
2(of eyesight) cloudy, weak
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sa vewe fu esclarsye Ke avaunt esteit enoscurye  7206
enobscurer 
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