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orbeisun (c.1170)
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orbeisun (c.1170)

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orbeysoun;  orbisoun  
  FEW:  orbus 7,390b Gdf:  orbeisun 6,614b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  orbe 3 (orbaison)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

This rare word is not attested outside Anglo-Norman.

s.

darkness, obscurity: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Lors fu avalee e mis en prison. En orbeysoun fit oreyson  boz Three Saints 34.120
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  Lors pot l'em ver par clareté [...] De menuz pecchez apparisaunz Ke en orbisouns tapirent avant  BOZ Serm 28.64
faire orbeisun
to darken, dim: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne pris pas feu d'estreim, tost fet defectiun, Mut tost est alumé e tost fet orbeisun  Horn 2446

[gdw]

See also:

aorber  asorber  orb  orbetté  rasorber 
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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