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nasquir (1121-25)
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nasquir (1121-25)

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p.p. nascu,  nascue  
  FEW:  nasci 7,18a Gdf:  nasquir 5,471c GdfC: ∅ TL: naistre 6,487a DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  nasci 1886b

As both nasquir and nestre have identical conjugations in the preterite, it has seemed best to include the forms under the more fertile nestre, unless their form shows they clearly derive from nasquir.

v.trans.

med.to birth: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Encore ot il dous autres fiz, Par treis meres furent nasquiz  GAIMAR1 4590
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  grant dulur li est nascue Qu'estrangiz ert de sa veue  S Edw barking 3458

v.intrans.

med.to be born: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ileoc muras u tu nasquis  S Brend mup 776
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  cel halt jor [...] En qui Deu volt el mund nasquir  S Edw barking 4535
( 1326-27 )  entre freres, la ou l'un nasqe devaunt les esposailes et l'autre aprés  Rot Parl1 ii 10
♦to arise: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Dont li cloux est nascus et de que[l] part il vient  A-N Med ii 98.596
♦fig.to dawn: 
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Ja esteit nascu le tierz jur  S Cath barking 2055

sbst. inf.

med.birth: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Al nasquir (var. (P: c.1310) nastre) de l'enfant avint grant aventure  Rom Chev ANTS 409

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See also:

nestre 
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