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mat1 (1121-25)

mat1 (1121-25)

maat,  mate; 
c.s. matz,  maz; 
pl. maz  
  FEW:  mattus 6/i,518b Gdf:  mat 1 5,199a GdfC:  mat 2 10,131b TL: mat 5,1244 DEAF:  mat  DMF:  mat 1  TLF:  mat 2  OED:  mate adj.1  MED:  mat adj.  DMLBS:

a.

1emotiondowncast, dejected
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Quant vi que as mains ert Pilate, Dunc oi chere forment mate  1284
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki orainz esteit maz, ore est en baudur  1522
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  Une femme tut corant A seint George vint plorant, suspirante e doleruse, Murne e mate e anguissuse  832
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Dolenz en sui e maz e mornes ke jeo le dirrai  193.18
2powerless, incapable
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Li pire d'els e li plus maz Valt assez plus ke jo ne faz  521
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  La si vendra Rigmel [...]. Dunc sui mat e coard si ne[s] sui chalengant  4348
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  cil (=the Pope, who, through a miracle, is unable to enter a monastery) remeint Mat et huntus et mult atteint  37.170
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  ne poay plus ester sur mes piés, més chay a terre mate (var. maat) et dolente  147
exhausted
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Tant maz e veins e feibles ere Qe [...] nature en lui faudreit  304
beaten, vanquished
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Sire Water [...] mout dota de estre mat e vencu  19.13
devenir mat
to be knocked out, lose strength
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  si fery Johan [...] qu'il devynt tut mat e se palmea  22.36
se rendre mat
to surrender, submit
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  chey tut plat a terre e se rendy mat  5.26-27

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See also:

amater  mater1 
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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