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leiter1 (s.xii1)

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

leiter1 (s.xii1)

laiter,  leter,  letter,  lettyr  
  FEW:  lac 5,111b Gdf:  laitier 4,705a GdfC: TL: laitier 1 5,103 DEAF: DMF:  laitier 3  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  lactare 2 1536a

v.trans.

1mammalszool.to give suck to, to suckle, nurse at the breast
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cleopatra pur dolour letante un serpent perist par le venim  TREVET Cron1 112.16
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  mettez la urine al malad en un veisel e une femme que leite un enfant mad(e)le si degoute leit de sa mamele sur  A-N Med ii 254
2mammalszool.to suck, drink (milk) from the breast
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  sur celes meismes mammeles dunt il leta le let q'ele le norrist  Ancren1 235.7
3 to suck, drink from, be nursed by
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xivm )  adeprimes est il (=the boar) apelé purcel taunt cum il laite la mere. [...] Le tierz an sunt il apelez hogastres  TWITI1 38
4livestockto milk
( MS: s.xiii )  mulgere: lettyr  TLL ii 121
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  nule vache ne seit treite ne leité outre la Seynt Michel   HENLEY2 282.c55

v.intrans.

1to suck, be nursed at the breast
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Uncor petit en berz giseit, De sul la mamele viveit. Si jeunout pur Deu amur Ne leitout qu’une feiz le jur  S Nichol wace 64
( 1343-50 )  taunttost seiserent les mameles et comenserent a leiter  Cron Lond1 3.15
2mammalszool.to have milk, nurse at the breast
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  Pernez treis gutes de leit de femme que leite  Pop Med 123

sbst. inf.

(action of) suckling, nursing at the breast
( MS: s.xiiim )  E si laisse (= infant) le laiter, si se trait arere  Vitas 5591
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Les jovenes chavriauz qui sunt passez tens de laitiersunt gros et dur a defire et de tres malvais nourissement  Waterford busby 267.S69.11

p.pr. as a.

mammalszool.(of a child) suckling, nursed at the breast
( MS: s.xiiim )  [...] Li quel aveit un filz petit que fu leitant  Vitas 803
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  E deyt la daye prendre garde a tut le petit estor [...] com de purceaus letanz, e de pouns e de lur issue, e des owes e de lur issue [...] e de poucyns et des ufs e de lur issue  HENLEY2 424.c16
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Les moutons d'un an ont moiene complexion entre la moistetei des aingnias laitans  Waterford busby 267.S68.19

p.pr. as s.

mammalszool.suckling, infant who is nursed at the breast
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  De la buche de enfanz e de laitanz  Oxf Ps ANTS 45.8.3

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See also:

alaiter1  deleté  desalletté  lectee  lectous  leit  leitenier  leiter2 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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