escundire (s.xii1/3)
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escundire (s.xii1/3)

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[ FEW: 3,280a *excondicere; Gdf: 3,418b escondire; GdfC: 9,518b esconduire; TL: 3,955 escondire; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  escondire; TLF:  éconduire; OED:  esconduy v.; MED:  esconduien v.; DMLBS: 835b escondicere ]
escondire,  escoundire;  escondoire,  escondre,  escoundre,  escundre;  ascondire,  ascondre;  acundire  

v.a.

1to refuse, oppose: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ne me dussez tant escundire Ma volenté ne mun penser  2162
♦to deny, gainsay: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  De mot en mot le neierai, Par jugement l’escundirai  4904
♦to deny, refuse: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  E si hom la volt essaier, Desur ses reins la (=a stone) deit lier, Ne ja femme n’escondira Chose qu[e] il demand[e]ra  251.1473
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Al primer front devant ad tel bachelerie El munde n’ad ost a qui bataille escondie  1769
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Ke en bosoigne merci me crie Ne pus escundire ma aie  193.152
♦to refuse entrance to: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Se lur ostel escundisseient A nul franc home qui fust nez, Tuit en fussent deseritez  6214

v.absol.

1to refuse, decline: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Quant seint Pierre a estrus vit Que li vieillard out escundit, E pur rien ne vout flechir  7724

v.refl.

1to excuse oneself: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Alquanz le prennent forment a blastenger: 'Iceste cose nus douses nuncier [...]'. Il s'escondit cum cil ki nel set  321
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  pur ceo qe trois fetz apellé delaia de venir pur soi escoundre, lui Romeins mistrent un autre pape en son lieu  270.11
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  se acundut par feblesce de sa cervele  219.4
♦to decline, cry off: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Chescon de eux s’est escoundu […] nul ne voleit mettre la meyn  145
♦to justify oneself: 
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii1 )  Ysode entent que il li dit, Set, se de ce [ne] s’escondit, Que il l’en savra molt mal gré  1188
♦to clear one’s name: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Il le trait cum fel e lere E s’il de ço nen s’escondit, Il l’en f[e]ra prover, ço dit  4899
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  se escundirad par plein serment  14
♦lawto clear oneself by compurgation: 
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  si aucuns est apeled de mustier fruissir [...] s’en escundisse (Latin: purget se) par .xiiij. humes leals numez  15

p.p._as_a.

1ashamed, apologetic: 
( 1409-11; MS: s.xv1 )  Vostre humble et obeissant filz Humfrey l'escondit  414.42
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