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entecher (s.xiii1/3)
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entecher (s.xiii1/3)

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enteccher,  entecer,  entechier,  entechir,  entescher,  entetcher  (enthecher)  
  FEW:  taikns 17,295a Gdf:  entechier 3,252a GdfC:  entachier 9,480a TL: entachier 3,544 / entechier 3,563 DEAF:  tache (entechier)  / tache (entachier)  DMF:  entacher  TLF:  entacher  OED:  entach v.  MED:  entechen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to affect, taint: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Quant n’ont (=maidens) de home en icel temperal, Adonques la covient entecer de cel mal  A-N Med ii 91.398

p.p. as a.

fig.tainted, blemished: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  chescoun (=prisoner) de office est privé. Elys de Bekingham n’est pos (=pas) entecché (var. (G: s.xiv1/4) enteché) Ne Johan de Metingham, qe cheef est demoré  LANGTOFT thiol2 249.211
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  touz les gros pecchez dont vus estes blemiz e entechiez  Ancren2 80.8
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  nul hom q’est entecché d’avarice peot estre leals devers son seygnour  Secr anon 13.103
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  et moi qe siu si entetchee de celi male coveitise  Sz Med1 75
♦pathol.med.infected: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E tant cum vus verrez que l’os est entechi de cancre, par vostre engin ostez  A-N Med i 85
bien enteché
1well endowed: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  deus (=religious) i truvai [...] Resnablez e enseignez, E de vertuz ben entecchez  S Edw paris ANTS 3720
2distinguished, worthy: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  ky porte l’onicle et le sardoine et le caucedoine ensemble, mut rendent homme ben enteché  Lapid 124
mal enteché
malenteché

See also:

atecher  mesenteché  techer 
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