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esbaudir (s.xii2/4)

The form esbaldir is a cross reference to the following entry:

esbaudir (s.xii2/4)

ebauder,  ebaudir;  esbaldir,  esbauder  
  FEW:  *bald 15/i,30b Gdf:  esbaudir 3,340a GdfC: TL: esbaudir 3,798 DEAF:  baut (esbaudir)  DMF:  ébaudir  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

to embolden, encourage
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly roys Alisandre toz les soens esbaudist  Rom Chev ANTS 3152
esbaudir sun (etc.) cors
to amuse oneself
( c.1185 )  Alum la sus a ces kernels Dedure e esbaldir nos cors  Proth ANTS 9193
esbaudir sun (etc.) coer
to hearten
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Puis dist parole as Ebreus [...] Pur ebaudir lur quers  Anc Test (E) 3755

v.intrans.

to be emboldened
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Li dus vit sa gent resortir E vit Engleis trop esbaudir  Rom de Rou wace ii 211.8754
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) E quel profit en vient de cunter De la pruesce un chevaler, For sulement le delit de l'oir Ke suvent les autres fet esbaudir?  S Rich ANTS 22

v.refl.

1to take heart, be cheered
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mut s’en esbaudira, E trestute sa gent En prendrunt hardement  Sibile 1034
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  (B.V.M. addressing Devil) Ke poz tu faire, dolent? De quel chose t’esbaudis tu?  ADGAR3 132.205
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Durement se sunt esbaldis, retenu sunt (=prisoners held for ransom) seisante dis  Waldef BB 1007
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Mut s’esbaldisent li Romein; De la victorie sunt certein  Brut Royal 2773
2to enjoy oneself, be cheerful
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Quant li jorz de la feste vint, Que l’om se deveit esbaldir  Conception wace 437
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Alisandre est de l’age qu’il s’en volt esbaudir E torner a barnage e d’enfance issir  Rom Chev ANTS 445

p.p. as a.

1emboldened
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La gent le roy Daire est d’orgoill esbaudie  Rom Chev ANTS 1756
( 1311 )  gentz sont esbaudés de tueir les gentz et robber  Stats i 164 xxviii
( 1350-51 )  maufaisours sount trop esbaudés de meffaire  Rot Parl1 ii 229
courageous, brave
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E occist en l’estur la gent plus esbaudie  Rom Chev ANTS 2389
2emotionjoyous
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Mult sunt li Englois esbaudis, Ke si lur est le champ remis  Waldef BB 18096
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  [...] E du cel li angere joius e esbaudi  S Aub 1098

See also:

abaudir  baudir  embaudir  esbaudissement  resbaudir 
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