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(
s.xii1; MS: c.1145
)
E tu purceinsis mei de vertut a bataile, e supplantas les esdrechanz encuntre mei desuz mei
Oxf PsANTS 51.17.43
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin
)
Et ces rains dait aver purçaint Ke luxure sait en luy estaint
CorsetANTS 1355
♦to encompass, surround completely:
(
c.1230; MS: 1275-85
)
Occean, ço est la mer grand, La terre clot en purceignant
Pet Phil 380
(
c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4
)(like an egg, the world is surrounded by a shell:) Issi porcent le mund
Div Mun 69
♦to surround, encircle:
(
c.1200; MS: c.1220-40
)
un vessel d'areim tuit en estant [...] Dis teises out de lé e cinc de cros, A listes d'or qui purceignent dehors. Entre les listes sunt les entailleures [...]
Anc Test (E) 12830
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2
)
ti (=Jerusalem's) enemi te colerunt E de paluz te purceindrunt
Mirur1 138rb38
v.refl.
to gird oneself:
(
s.xii1; MS: c.1145
)
Nostre Sire regnad, bealté ad vestud li Sire fortece e purceinst sei (var. (P: s.xii4/4) purceist)(Latin: praecinxit se)Oxf Ps1 136.XCII.1
purceindre (s.xii1)