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(
c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4
)(Saint Francis) Par taunt (=miracle) affeeta sun (=an oppressive knight's) curage. Par la pyté de duz Fraunceys Devynt deboner e curteys
S FranANTS 7599
2to seek after, be attracted to:
(
s.xiv2; MS: c.1400
)
ententifment cerchoms qui a nos corps, quei a nos almes puet accorder, quel chose ils purront franchement s[a]unz offens affecter, ou qe deliter (Latin: quid corporibus, quid animabus nostris conveniat, quid appetere, quove delectare ac sine offensa valeant)Lichfield 56
v.refl.
to attach oneself to:
(
c.1334; MS: s.xivm
)
le count mareschal fu lee de s’affeter (var. (T: s.xiv3/4) se feter) au roi et le fist son heir
TREVETCron1 348.9
affecter (c.1275)