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(
s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Bailifs, viscuntes e wandelarz Li pincerunt de tutes parz E encheisun li porquerrunt De li tolir ceo k’il porrunt
Pet PletANTS 980
2to grab at, steal:
(
c.1230; MS: 1275-85
)
Gardez ke vus ne prenge mie De espigucer (var. (D: s.xiii2) pincer) lé Dez secrez [...]. Lessum a Deu sé privestez
Pet Phil 2431
3to pick on, find fault with:
(
1294
)
çoe paroles [...] serrunt sy declos ke yl n’y est rens a pyncerYBB 21-22 Ed I 567
(
1430; MS: s.xv2/4
)
Si tu ne bien facez, ils ne lerrount Que ascune chose ne pyncherount, De dit ou de countenaunce, Et de ceo vous mokerount
Courtoisie 436.182
pincer as dents
to bite, nip with teeth:
(
1181-85; MS: s.xiv1/4
)
la demurrez en cel sié U lesardez, boz e serpens Vus pincerunt suvent as dens
Hosp Rule 508
v.intrans.
pincer a, sur
to pick on, find fault with:
(
1267; MS: c.1300
)
Ja legistre n'i purra valer Ne pleidurs od lur moter, Ke la chose si aperte serra Ke pleidur pincer n'i purra
Lum LaisANTS 13052
(
1313-14
) home purra pyncer sur le fet si Alice surveqit
YBB Ed II viii 7
sbst. inf.
pinch, squeeze between thumb and finger(s):
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2
)
Mais li pincers tut dis parait Ke seinte Cecilie li out fait
Mirur2 3426
(
MS: s.xiii
)
Cuius indumenta in festivis diebus sint matronales (gloss: vestures de dames) : serapeline (glosses: keinse pinché, kense ridlé), recinium et terestrum
TLL ii 111.66
pincer (1181-85)