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espirer1 (s.xii1)
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espirer1 (s.xii1)

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esperer  
  FEW:  spirare 12,188b Gdf:  espirer 1 3,533c / espirer 3 3,534b GdfC: ∅ TL: espirer 2 3,1216 DEAF:  espirer 2  / espirer 3  DMF:  espirer 1  / espirer 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  spirare 3160c

v.trans.

1theol.to breathe, instil: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Le seint Esperit espire vie E beauté dune [...] As creatures  Lum Lais ANTS 804
2theol.to inspire: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Issi fait hom sened Que Deus ad espiréd  Best ants 1280
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Petit covient a sarmoner Home qui tu veus espirer  S Laur ANTS 336
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  iço ne porreit nus oem faire Sanz ço qe Deu ne l’espirast De sa grace  S Greg 39
( c.1285; MS: c.1297 )  E si archangles par ki Deu espire les prophetes pur aucune aventure e aucun bosoing especial  Jerarchie 62

v.intrans.

1to breathe: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La meie buche ovri e espirai (Latin: respiravi)  Camb Ps 229.CXVIII.131
2to blow: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Saint Espirt ou voelt espire  Dial Greg SATF 6017
espiré de
theol.inspired by: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Seint R. dunc, ki espiré fu Del Seint Espirit  S Rich ANTS 517
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Paroles lur dyst esperez Par la vertu de Seynt Espyryt  S Fran ANTS 1470
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Si com Davi li prophete dit ke fu espiré du seint espirit  Ancren2 164.34

See also:

aspirer  espir  espirement1  espirer2  espirit  espiritable  espirital  espiritalment  espiritauté  inspirer  respirer 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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