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forsmener (s.xii1)

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

forsmener (s.xii1)

formener;  horsmener  (hor mené  TLL ii 93.73)  
  FEW:  minare 6/ii,110b Gdf:  formener 4,84a GdfC: TL: formener 3,2110 DEAF:  mener (formener)  DMF:  formener  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to bring out, produce
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E plaisirat a Deu sur vedel novel, cornes forsmenant e ungles (Latin: cornua producentem)  Oxf Ps ANTS 82.68.36
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Forsmenanz fain a jumenz, e herbe a servage d'umes [...] Que tu forsmeines pain de la terre, e vin esledest cuer d'ume  Oxf Ps ANTS 104.103.15 and 16
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Forsmenad signes e merveilles el milliu de tei, Egypte, en Pharaon e en tuz les sers de lui  Oxf Ps ANTS 125.134.9
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E il forsmerrat (Latin: educet) sicum lumiere la tue justice, e tes jugemenz sicume midi  Camb Ps 60.XXXVI.6
2to lead astray
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ne sul pur tei serras dampnee (=a prostitute) , Mais pur tuz cels k’as forsmenee  Mirur1 156ra34
forsmener de
to lead out of
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Tu forsmerras mei de cest laz que il repunstrent a mei  Oxf Ps ANTS 58.30.5
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E forsmenat mei de la fosse de sonement (Latin: Et eduxit me de lacu sonitus) e de palut de fiens, e il establit sur pierre mes piez  Camb Ps 68.XXXIX.2
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  Conmanda que fust fors menee De la cité et decolee  S Marg wace 45.592-93 (A)
( c.1356 )  Item use est qe nul oste de Flemynge ou de autre alien ne horsmene soun oste alien du ville pur marchandises a achater  ROUGH 20

See also:

fors1  mener1 
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