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entretenir (1155)

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entretenir (1155)

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[ FEW: 13,212b tenere; Gdf: 3,303b entretenir; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,685 entretenir; DEAF: tenir 1 (entretenir); DMF: entretenir 1 / entretenir 2; TLF: entretenir 1 / entretenir 2; OED: entertain v.; MED: entertinen v.; DMLBS: 1445b intertenere ]

v.n.

entretenir a

1to look after, take care of:

( 1361 ) concurrant et entrevant touz ceuls qui de droit et de coustume devent a ce entretenir 143

v.refl.

1to embrace, hold one another:

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Desur un lit se sunt chaues E ja se sunt entretenues 604

♦ to cling together, hold one another:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Ki veist cum eles mureient E cum eles s'entreteneient, Ja n'eust le quer tant felun, Qu'il n'en eüst compassiun 6062

♦to unite, knit together:

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) E quant les [es]charneures s’entretienent e sunt emsemble print, emplez tote la plaie [...] d’un drap linge i 47

2to stick together, support one another:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Paien furent de grant vertu Si se sunt bien entretenu 8440

( 1435 ) Si vous prions [...] que tousjours vous vous entretenez et gardés les ungs ovesques les autres en bonne union et amour commune 435

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