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.xiii4/4
)
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.xiii3/4
)
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.xiii4/4
)
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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