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esquarterer (c.1185)

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esquarterer (c.1185)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1426a quartus; Gdf: 3,356c escarteler; GdfC: 9,508a escarteler; TL: 3,819 escarteler; DEAF: ∅; DMF: écarteler; TLF: écarteler; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

esquarteler, esquarteller, esquartiler, esquartiller; escarteler, eskartiler

v.a.

1to shatter:

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Meint ruste coup, meinte colee, Meint chef parmi esquarteré 4825

♦to pierce, kill:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Auxi lur plest ceste novele [...] com plest a la torterele L’archer qui son per esquartele 328

♦to cut to pieces:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) D’amour le trenchante alemele Tot [te] desrount, tot [t']esquartele 2531

♦to grind to pieces:

( s.xiii^m?; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Et aprés le (=barley) batez bien en un morter ou vus l’esquartelés entre dous moles ii 24.11

v.refl.

1fig.to cut oneself to pieces, kill oneself:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Li tortre muert qui s’esquartele Pur l’amor de sa torterele 2717

p.p._as_a.

1herald.quarterly:

( 1300; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Fu la baniere esquartelee De un (ms. une) noir bastoun sur blanc getté Et de vermeil jaune fretté 108.306

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