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esmunder (c.1136-65)

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esmunder (c.1136-65)

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FEW: mundare 6/iii,214b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: emonder 9,438c TL: esmonder 3,1127 DEAF: monder (esmonder) DMF: émonder TLF: émonder OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: emundare 776b

emunder; esmonder, esmounder

v.a.

1to cleanse:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder E cors e alme d’encumbrer 2292

♦ fig. to cleanse, purify:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Lor corages vunt arosant, E lor ordeez eslavant, Ke sis esmundet lor doctrine, Come doit rade de cretine, [...] 10709

♦ fig.theol. to cleanse, free from sin:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder [...] alme d’encumbrer 2292

♦ theol. to cure, cleanse (of leprosy):

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Esmondez i sont li lieprous 14919

2to prune, clear by cutting away:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Le liu ad fait tost emunder De ru[n]cerei e assarter 5805

♦ to cut back, amputate:

( 1160-74 ) Li dus [...] jura [...] s’il poet cels prendre [...] des membres seront esmondé, ne porteront ne pié ne poig ii 48.4430

v.absol.

1 to cleanse:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) cest ewe est propre e cunvenable a esmunder e eslaver ordure endurcee i 17

amunder munder

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