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germiner (s.xii1)
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germiner (s.xii1)

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(germner)  
  FEW:  germinare 4,122b Gdf:  germiner 4,266a GdfC: ∅ TL: germiner 4,287 DEAF:  germer (germiner) G578 DMF:  germiner  TLF:  germiner  OED:  germin v.  MED:  germinen v.  DMLBS:  germinare 1070b

v.trans.

bot.to cause to germinate, make sprout: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  (God) Germinanz herbe as jumenz (Latin: Germinans herbam jumentis), e fein a tes serfs des humes, que il mete fors pain de terre  Camb Ps 188.CIII.14

v.intrans.

bot.to germinate, sprout: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A tutes neisances comanda germiner, Lur fruis divers e divers tens porter  Anc Test (B) 48
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Rien nule en tere ne germine Si de l’eve n’ait [la] saisine  Corset ANTS 2413
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Issi cum terre bien cutivee [...] A receivere semence e germiner E par verdur fructifier  S Rich ANTS 223
( 1414 )  [...] si come l'arbre a temps germine, et en temps y floure, et en temps y porte fruit  Rot Parl1 iv 34

p.pr. as a.

bot.germinating, sprouting: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Beneissez, vus, munt e tertre, a Damnedeu; beneissez vus, tutes riens germnanz en terre (Latin: universa germinantia in terra), a Damnedeu  Camb Ps 280.11

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See also:

germer 
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