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mentir (s.xii1)

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

mentir (s.xii1)

menter,  mentier,  mentire,  mentyr; 
p.p. menti,  mentu,  menty  
  FEW:  mentiri 6/i,741b Gdf:  mentir 5,244c GdfC:  mentir 10,140c TL: mentir 5,1444 DEAF:  mentir  DMF:  mentir  TLF:  mentir  OED: MED: DMLBS:  mentiri 1768a

v.trans.

mentir sa fei
fei1
mentir fiance
fiance

v.intrans.

to lie
( 1121-1135; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ki ben dit dedevant Derere vait mentant  Best ants 2746
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Li fil estrange mentirent a mei  Oxf Ps ANTS 51.17.49
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Crestien ert trestut sanz faille; Ne mentira pas ma devinaille  Josaphaz2 222
( MS: s.xiiim )  E ben le dirrai, si ne menterai mie  Vitas 6240
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et acuns (=jurors) fount faus serment et mentent par fole hastivesce qe ne vient mie a dreit de la pensee  BRITT ii 219
( MS: s.xiiiex )  fabulor: mentyr  TLL ii 162
( MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Le seconde ministre ad la lange forgee, Besague a mentire of tote sa pensee  Sept Choses 27
mentir parmi la gorge
gorge1
sanz mentir
in truth
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1 )  De tute s'alme le ayme sanz mentir  Evang1 91
sanz mot de mentir
in truth, without a word of a lie
( MS: s.xiiim )  un moine aturné Ki, [...], senz mot de mentir, Ne me voleit unkes de rien consentir  Vitas 1361
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  S'il vus dirrai sanz mot de mentir  Anc Test (E) 3389

p.pr. as a.

untruthful, lying
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Heom ki se gardet de mentir, Porgardet sei de perir, Kar mentant boche s'alme ocit, Com saint Johan l'apostle dit  Salemon 11755
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Ki autrement le dit, fableur est mentant  S Aub 835

p.pr. as s.

liar
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Ne t'esmerveiller pas donc tant Si nos deçoivent li mentant  Dial Greg SATF 1688

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See also:

desmentir1  mentage  mentier  menteor  menteresse 
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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