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[ FEW: 4,733a intaminare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,480a entamer; TL: 3,554 entamer; DEAF: entamer; DMF: entamer; TLF: entamer; OED: entame v.1; MED: entamen v.; DMLBS: 1419c intaminare ]

entamier, entamir; antamer, estamer i 390 (A)

v.a.

1also_fig.to damage, harm:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) (St Audree) Unkes ne pot estre entamee En cors ne en quer violee 943

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Me dois tu (=J.C.) plus qe toi amer E pur moi ta vie entamer? 2250

♦injure, wound, hurt (with a weapon):

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Le gaiant sus el frunt feri; Les dous surcilz li entama 11507

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) E tant sanc espandre, tante char entamer 2225

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3 ) l’os de la hanche me entamat 337

♦fig.to hurt, distress:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Cist mot leur qoers si destregnoient E si parfond les entamoient 426

♦to pierce, destroy:

( MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) S’ensi n’est ne ne seit trové Ke il (=tumour) ne soit mie entamé, Autre fiez li remetés Desi ke entamé le veés 171.694, 696

♦med.(of disease) to attack:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: c.1300 ) (fig.) La char tant entame L’alme, k’ele pame 947

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) E veit le clerk [...] Tut sein del mal ke l’out entamé 58.252

2to begin:

( MS: s.xiv ) initiari: entamer i 389

( MS: s.xv ) initior: (Ar) estrener e entamer (var. (Bur: s.xiv) estrener et entagner; (S: s.xiii) estrener et antamer) i 390

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) iniciari: entamer i 393

♦lawto pursue an action:

( 1303 ) plusurs quereles entamés entre le dit evesqe [...] et les gentz de la communalté iv 499

p.p.

1damaged:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Seint Bede mostre [...] K’en sa char n’out corumpeure Aprés sa mort ne ke en sa vie Ne est entamie ne blemie 2014

( MS: s.xiv¹ ) si le furmage est entamé […] 32.283

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