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enoscurir (c.1235)

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FEW: obscurus 7,281a Gdf: enoscurer 3,215b / enoscurir 3,215b GdfC: ∅ TL: enoscurer 3,481 DEAF: oscur (enoscurer) / oscur (enoscurir) DMF: enobscurer TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

enobscurer, enobscurir; enoscurer

v.a.

1to blind, deprive of vision:

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) (the nun was) tant enoscuree par tenebrour de la nuyt, qe ele ne sout qe chose ceo fust 100

♦to obscure (vision):

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) sa vewe fu esclarsye Ke avaunt esteit enoscurye 7206

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) la vewe Rollo [...] fu enobscuré 259.21

2fig.to darken, tarnish (morally):

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) [...] vice [...] Dount son queor sait enobscuri 923

v.n.

1to become dark:

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) Par la nuit ki survint li airs enobscuri 1056

♦astron.to darken, eclipse:

( 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

p.p._as_a.

1darkened, in darkness:

( MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) 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

2blinded, deprived of sight:

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) Au coup duner li sunt li oil du chief sailliz E aval sunt chaetz, tut est enobscuritz 916

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) sa vewe fu esclarsye Ke avaunt esteit enoscurye 7206

enoscurcir oscurir

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