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pecer1 (s.xii3/4)

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

pecer1 (s.xii3/4)

pecier,  pechier,  pescer,  pescier,  peser,  pesser  (pechier  i 220.1575 piecer)  
  FEW:  *pettia 8,333b Gdf:  pecier 6,56c GdfC: TL: pecier 7,536 DEAF:  piece (pecier)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to break, smash, shatter
( c.1185 )  Pieceent  (ms. Piecent) li glaive esmolu  8683 (MS)
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  engines et perer [...] Dunt il quidoient les murs de Rome tresbuchier Et les sales de marbre craventer et pesser  237
mil.ship.to breach, sink
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Plus de mil en (=of ships) pescerent [...] Alumer les voleient  2622
(of bread) to break, divide into pieces
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  Jesus priist le payn et comenceat a pecer le  57.15
pathol.to break, fracture
( c.1185 )  Le can del col li ad brusé (var. (B: s.xivin) pessé)  7065 (var.)
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Par ces roches vunt trebuchant, Braz e quises vunt pesceant  436
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E faites la cure en teles plaies sicum en l'os que n'est fra[i]nt ne pescié  i 73
2mil.to breach, break through
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La cité est arse e ly mur pesc[i]ez (var. (P: c.1310) depeciez)  909
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Tant i ont assailly les seirs e les matins Qu'il ont pescé (var. (P: c.1310) percé) les murs e les chastels perins  4268
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Faites vostre periere venir hastivement! Ja pescera (var. depecera) la porte  1240

v.intrans.

to shatter, break into pieces
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  L'oef chay, si pesça, e issi un dragon  364
pecer sus
to break through, burst out
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  purgatoire n'est pas loinsz suz terre, En mut lyus numément, [...] U fu se demustre e pesce (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) piece; (C: s.xiii4/4) depiece; (F: s.xiv1/4) depese) sus E les gules enlargist plus  12437

p.pr. as a.

peçant lei
lawlaw-breaking
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  degrassatores legirumpi (gloss: pessant ley), plebicitorum [abusores vel] prevaricatores plebi statutorum, clepi, abactores [...]  i 184.70 and ii 71.70

p.p. as a.

1broken
( MS: s.xiii2 )  semirutas (gloss: demi pescez) confuso stamine telas atque interceptas agnoscit pectinis artes  ii 5
pathol.broken, fractured
( MS: s.xv )  Icet poysu[n] (=potion) soude durement e en get hors les hos pescees  (ed. pestees)  151.E361
2ground, crushed
( MS: s.xivin )  il met puis en un morter E tut le face depescer. Kant ceo serra forment pesé (var. pilé), Si sait parmi un drap culé  205.3

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See also:

depescer  espescer  peça  pece1  peceor  pecer2  pecette  peceure  peçoi  peçoier 
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