luter (s.xii1)

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luter (s.xii1)

[gdw]

[ FEW: 5,438b luctari; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,98c luitier; TL: 5,719 luitier; DEAF: ; DMF:  lutter; TLF:  lutter; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 1653b luctari ]
loiter,  luiter,  luitier,  luttre  

v.n.

1sportsto wrestle
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly auquant [ont] luté, li plusor bohordé  131
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Ki a estrunt lute de tute pars merde enbrace  18
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Coryneus, le vaylant, dist que volenters luttreyt ou Geomagog, pur esprover la force Geomagog  4.32
fig.to fight, resist
( s.xii1; MS: s.xiiim )  'Empereres,' dist ele, 'kar laissez la pucele ! Que lutes contre Deu, que demandes sa ancele ?'  93
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Quides vus vers Deu luiter (Latin: contra Deum eluctaris) Ne t'i pot force aver mester  2129
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Car ki ne lute, n'en abat mie (=temptations of the flesh)  4653
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  en temptacions luter forment encontre les tours au diable  187.24

v._refl.

1sportsto wrestle
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Jacob, qui parigals Ové l'angel Dieu se fist luter  10702

sbst._inf.

1sportswrestling
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  (the king and a lion) Prenent s’a braz ambesdous por loiter ; Mais ço ne set quels abat ne quels chiet  2552
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  travilhier mesurablement, chanter sovent mais nient outre pooir; ces .ii. choses tant vallent al poumon com sovent luitier a champion  601
fig.fighting, resisting
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  cil luter e cil contendre Lu grant contenz signefiot Des biens e des maus  17834
contreluter  lutable  lute  lutee  lutur  reluter 
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.
luter