peinte1 (s.xii2/4)
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peinte1 (s.xii2/4)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 3,310b *expingere /4,589b impingere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 7,564 peinte; DEAF:  peinte; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

According to the FEW, this is an aphetic form of either empeinte (from impingere) or of a lexeme derived from *expingere otherwise not attested in Anglo-Norman.

s.

1mil.attack, assault: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Baron i fait la peinte! Bataille i ad  1790
empeinte  peindre#2 
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