poignanment (1271-72)

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poignanment (1271-72)

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  FEW:  pungere 9,598a Gdf:  poignamment 6,246b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  poindre (poignamment)  DMF:  poignamment  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
poinanment,  poynanment  

adv.

1weaponsmil.in a stabbing manner, with a forward thrust of the point of one's weapon
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Coment om deit ferir poynanment. En cest duzime chapitre aprent li auctors les jovenes chivalers de ferir poignanment e non pas trenchanment  (ed. trenchaument). Estre ce il aperneient de ferir poinanment e nun pas trenchanment  (ed. trenchaument). [...] ki fiert trenchanment, de quele manere k'il viengne, ne oscist pas sovent, cum les entrailes seient bien defenduz e des armes e des os. Mes encontre ce la pointe de deus unces de parfundece est mortele, kar il covient ke il perce les entrailes quant si est parfond  15.12-13
poignant  poigné#1  poindre#1  point#1  pointeié  pointel#1  pointel#2  pointelé  pointement  pointer#1  pointerole  pointet  pointing  pointur#1  pointure 
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