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prains (s.xii1/3)
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The form preynt is a cross reference to the following entry:

prains (s.xii1/3)

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prainz,  preins,  preinz  (preynt)  
  FEW:  praegnas 9,295b Gdf:  preins 6,377b GdfC: ∅ TL: preins 7,1719 DEAF:  preins  DMF:  preins  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  praegnas 2404b

Some formal and semantic confusion with the past participle of priendre is likely to have existed.

a.

med.femalehumanpregnant, expecting a child: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Feme preinz (var. (C: s.xiiiex) enceinte) ke sur sei l’avra (=Aetites), De l’enfant ne l’estoit duter  Lapid 50.546
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Sa feme fu brahaigne avant, Mais or est preinz de vif enfant  Conception wace 888
♦mammalszool.femalepregnant, with young: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Fil de laine de berbiz preinz  Lapid 60.772
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Une troie que preinz esteit [...] se hastast de purceler  MARIE Fables 120.3
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et ce doit l'en fere quant l'en est em peril. Pregne l'en .i. levre preins et traie l'e[n] hors le leverot del ventre [...]  A-N Med i 201
( 1303 )  le jour de la prise fut la vache preynt  YBB 30- 31 Ed I 401
♦fig.pregnant, holding something inside: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiiiex )  (the eagle-stone) si a [...] une autre perrete dedens lui. Quant on la hoche (=shake), si doune soun ausi comme s’ele fust prains  Lapid 149.xxvii.7

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