esturdir (1084)
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esturdir (1084)

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

v.a.

1to stun: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Merlin del colp fu esturdi  5437
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Cil del grant colp fu estordi  12699
♦to daze: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  tant par les ot li esparz Estourdies e avoeglees Qe [...]  15695
♦to make dizzy: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki l’a sur sei, n’eniverra Ne ja vins ne l’estordira  43.390

v._absol.

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

v.n.

1to 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  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  64.2
♦to dumbfound: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Mais ja seit q’il fust esbahiz, N’ert pas del tot trop estordiz  1390

p.p._as_a.

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