1to embrace, hold one another:
(
1190-1210;
MS: c.1300
)
Desur un lit se sunt chaues E ja se sunt entretenues
604
♦
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 support one another:
(
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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