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moller² (s.xii^m)

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moller² (s.xii^m)

modler; moiler, moiller; moler, molier; mouller

FEW: mollis *6/iii,49a Gdf: mollir GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: mol (molir) DMF: mollir TLF: mollir OED: mull v.1 MED: mollen v. DMLBS: mollire 1823c

to soften, relax, make supple:

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) molliendam: (D) a moler Gloss Nequam¹ 250

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Quaunt (a sinful woman) out promys amendement, Ses braz (made rigid by St. Francis) moulla legerement S Fran ANTS 7905

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) un marbre byen molount ici ke il seit cum mel Alchimie 379.1.15

( c.1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Bon est le fieu de sa nature, Qui nous mollist la chose dure GOWER Mirour 26690

♦med.to soften (the belly), to relax (the bowels):

( MS: c.1325 ) Item a moller le duresse de ventre Receptaria 128.C454

to melt:

( s.xii^ex; MS: 1272-82 ) (this world) Touz tens vet declinaunt cum glace ke molut, Qui remest al solail GUISCH (O) 43

1soft:

( s.xii¹; MS: c.1145 ) Amoliées (var. (C: s.xii^m) Moliedes) sunt les paroles de lui sur olie, e il sunt darz Oxf Ps¹ 72.24

2emollient, softening:

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Primes i (=on swelling) devez mettre choses molliantes A-N Med i 73

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