merguillier (s.xii1)
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merguillier (s.xii1)

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

v.a.

1to soil, besmirch: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Eissi (the Devil) merguillerat Celui ki.l servirat  1907
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Icele fraile purreture Muilla le real vesteure. [...] Li cuntraiz esteit redreciez E ses reals dras merguillez  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  107.105.36
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  en terre marguillierent (Latin: contaminaverunt) l'abitacle de tun num  130.LXXIII.7
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sanz (=holy) temples destruirunt E si mergullerunt, E fornicatiun Al people iert a bandon  674

p.p._as_a.

1soiled, besmirched: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  quant il (=monkey) est iret, Senes est merguillet  1894
nient merguillié
nientmerguillié
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