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merguillier (s.xii1)

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

merguillier (s.xii1)

mergoillier,  merguiller;  marguillier,  merguller  
  FEW:  marga 6/i,320b Gdf:  margoillier 5,173b GdfC: TL: margoillier 5,1161 DEAF:  margoignier (margoillier)  DMF:  margoillier  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

to soil, besmirch
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Eissi (the Devil) merguillerat Celui ki.l servirat  Best ants 1907
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Icele fraile purreture Muilla le real vesteure. [...] Li cuntraiz esteit redreciez E ses reals dras merguillez  S Edw barking 2428
to defile, desecrate
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E malvede est la terre en sans, e merguillede est es ovres d'els; e cairent en fornicaciun en lur truvemenz  Oxf Ps ANTS 107.105.36
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  en terre marguillierent (Latin: contaminaverunt) l'abitacle de tun num  Camb Ps 130.LXXIII.7
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sanz (=holy) temples destruirunt E si mergullerunt, E fornicatiun Al people iert a bandon  Sibile 674

p.p. as a.

soiled, besmirched
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  quant il (=monkey) est iret, Senes est merguillet  Best ants 1894
nient merguillié
nientmerguillié

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marguillier