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luter1 (s.xii1)

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luter1 (s.xii1)

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

v.intrans.

sportsto wrestle
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tels i aveit ki darz lançoent E tels i aveit ki lutoent  Brut WACE 10530
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly auquant [ont] luté, li plusor bohordé  Rom Chev ANTS 131
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Ki a estrunt lute de tute pars merde enbrace  Respit 18
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Coryneus, le vaylant, dist que volenters luttreyt ou Geomagog, pur esprover la force Geomagog  Fouke ANTS 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 ?'  S Cath fragm 93
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Quides vus vers Deu luiter (Latin: contra Deum eluctaris) Ne t'i pot force aver mester  S Cath barking 2129
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Car ki ne lute, n'en abat mie (=temptations of the flesh)  S Modw 4653
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  en temptacions luter forment encontre les tours au diable  Ancren2 187.24

v. refl.

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

sbst. inf.

sportswrestling
( 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  Roland 2552
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sur une faleise al terrain, Ad Brutus la lute assemblee [...]. Corinees se rebraça [...]. Goemagog se racesma E de lutier s'apareilla  Brut WACE 1116
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  travilhier mesurablement, chanter sovent mais nient outre pooir; ces .ij. choses tant vallent al poumon com sovent luitier a champion  Waterford busby 250.S50.13
fig.fighting, resisting
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  cil luter e cil contendre Lu grant contenz signefiot Des biens e des maus  Dial Greg SATF 17834

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See also:

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.
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