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purseoir (s.xii1)

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

purseoir (s.xii1)

porsedeir,  porseer,  pursedeir, 
p.p. porsis,  pursis  
  FEW:  possidere 9,239a Gdf:  posseoir 6,329c GdfC: TL: porsëoir 2 7,1565 DEAF:  posseer  DMF:  pourseoir 1  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  possidere 2361b

v.trans.

1to possess, own, have
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  serunt edifiedes les citez de Jude [...] E la semence des sers de lui purserrat li (Latin: semen servorum eius possidebit eam)  Oxf Ps ANTS 82.68.41
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Tun queor en vivrat senz faillance Mais que porseces sapience  Salemon 3242
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  'Mestre, par quele rien fesant Purserrai la vie manant?'  Mirur1 144
to take possession
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Sulunc la grandece del tuen braz, pursied les filz des mortifiedurs (Latin: posside filios mortificatorum)  Oxf Ps ANTS 90.78.12
occupationto occupy (a position)
( c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Itels choses deit cil aveir ki evesked deit purseeir  Purg S Pat MARIE 298
2 to besiege, beset
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Avirunerent mei mult veel, cras tor pursistrent mei (Latin: tauri pingues obsederunt me)  Oxf Ps ANTS 53.21.12

p.p. as a.

theol.possessed, inhabited by a malevolent spirit
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cist [...] guarisseit ces ki esteient pursis de deable e traveilliez  Liv Reis1 120
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Uns oem demoniaus guarit, Lonc tens porsis de l’aversaire  Dial Greg SATF 18487

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See also:

poseer  possesser  possession  possessioné  possessionel  possessioner  possessorie  possessur  purseierre 
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.
porsis