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esturdir (1084)

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

esturdir (1084)

estordir;  estourdir;  esturdier, 
p.p. estordet,  estordit;  estourdi;  esturdi,  esturdiz  
  FEW:  turdus 13/ii,428a Gdf: GdfC:  estordir 9,564a TL: estordir 3,1416 DEAF:  estordir  DMF:  étourdir  TLF:  étourdir  / estourdi 1  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

to stun
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Merlin del colp fu esturdi  Waldef BB 5437
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Cil del grant colp fu estordi  Gui War 12699
to daze
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  tant par les ot li esparz Estourdies e avoeglees Qe [...]  Dial Greg SATF 15695
to make dizzy
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki l’a sur sei, n’eniverra Ne ja vins ne l’estordira  Lapid 43.390

v. absol.

to make dizzy, give vertigo
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) (a sword dangles high above an entrance:) Sul del vedeir esturdiet  S Brend mup 1712

v.intrans.

to become stunned
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Idonc put l’em veer [...] Tanz gentils chevalers e tanz barons morir, Pasmer ces damoisels e les vielz estordir  Rom Chev ANTS 1200
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  (at the Resurrection) les chivalers que ly gardeyent estoyent tant estordyis que nuyl ne out poer de luy meymes  Bible Holkham 64.2
to dumbfound
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Mais ja seit q’il fust esbahiz, N’ert pas del tot trop estordiz  S Greg 1390

p.p. as a.

1dazed
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Il levat sus tut esturdi Cum hume ki eust mult dormi  S Clem ANTS 9815
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (the dead man) s’asist com oem esturdi Qui fust d’un grief sumpne estourmi  Dial Greg SATF 10885
numb
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  si est le piee si estourdi et endormy qe n’ad poair d’aler nule part  Sz Med1 80
fuddled
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  si plein est lui cheitifs corps de viande, et si esturdie de boire est la teste, qe [...]  Sz Med1 76
foolish, witless
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  (Tristan) Od les forces haut se tundi: ben senlle [sic] fol u esturdi!  Fol Trist ANTS 210
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Fols est tenu e esturdiz  S Modw 2096
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1084 )  Richard Estordit (var. Estordet )  Family Names Sturdy

See also:

esturdisun 
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