frenner (c.1240)

frenner (c.1240)

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  FEW:  'battre' (frenner) 21,383b / fraxinus *3,771 Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
 

v.a.

1to hit, strike (with a stick of ash wood?)
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  (B.V.M.) ad une verge mult tost levé, Sil frenna (=the Devil in guise of a lion) ben lung l'enchine  192.91
fresne 
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frenner