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nuer1 (c.1136-37)

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

nuer1 (c.1136-37)

noer,  nouer,  nower  
  FEW:  nodare 7,164a Gdf: GdfC:  nouer 10,205b TL: nöer 2 6,699 DEAF: DMF:  nouer  TLF:  nouer  OED:  node v.  / noué a.  / nowed a.  / nowy a.  MED: DMLBS:  nodare 1922b

v.trans.

to knot, tie a knot in
( MS: s.xiiiex )  nodo gallice: noer  TLL ii 166
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  L'em noue la ceinture pur penser de une chose  Ancren2 147.12
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  il ne vout pas sa ceynture en remembraunce noer, ne anel de or [ne d'argent] en son deie porter  BOZ Cont 98
to tie, secure with a knot
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  [L'espee] ceinst, si l'ad [nuee]  GAIMAR1 5626
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  od memes le fil liez la veine e ben la nuez, que li sanc n'en isse  A-N Med i 54.xxix
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Ascune femme [...] use les braeis de heire mult bien nouez, les tiguns aval desqe a piez mult ferm lacez  Ancren1 309.8
nuer a
to tie, attach to
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  As cues des roncins (=type of horse) fet les branches noer  Rom Chev ANTS 3301
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Par les cheveus i pent e as reims est nué  S Aub 952
nuer ensemble
to tie together (in a bag)
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  uns huem vint, blancs dras vestuz, Tut sudeement m'encuntrat E cent deniers avant sachat (=pulled out) Ki ensemble furent nuez; Sis me tendi tut enbursez  S Jean ANTS 713

p.p. as a.

knotted, tied with knots
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Getout jus les curgies (=scourges) od tuz les chiefs (=ends) nuez  Becket1 3958
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  meynt plaie estoit [...] en vous, par celles dures escourges grossement nouees  Sz Med1 201
herald.knotted, 'nowed'
( MS: c.1334 )  les armes du Royaume de Boeme sount de goule a un lion rampant d'argent od la cowe noué  Ashmole Roll 4 m. 1

[gdw]

See also:

desnuer1  nu1  nuet1  nuus 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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