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purgisir (c.1136-65)

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

purgisir (c.1136-65)

porgesir;  pourgesir;  purgesir,  purgiser,  purjesir; 
p.p. pourgeu,  pourgue;  purgue,  purjue,  purjut,  purjuwe  
  FEW:  jacere 5,2b Gdf:  porgesir 6,292a GdfC: TL: porjesir 7,1516 DEAF:  gesir (porgesir)  DMF:  pourgésir  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

to have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Eldol [...] trop fu luxurius E de femes trop coveitus; Ja gentil feme n'i eust [...] Que il ne vulsist purgesir  Brut WACE 3721
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Sire roi, [...] quant Boefs de Haumtone [...] purjuwe ad vostre file, ci ad grant vilté  Boeve 780
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  por ço q'ele ert joevne e bele, Plus l'amot qe parrein fillele, E ço la nuit tantost prova, Car soi e li tant en ivra Q'od soi remist tote la nut, Si fist nis tant q'il la porjut  Dial Greg SATF 17082
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Cursales purgisent les lechurs  Man pechez 5919
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Fornicacion est a porgesir femmes corrumpues nient espousés  Mir Just 29
to rape, defile (a woman)
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E Tenes fu un bacheler jadis ke fu deffamé k’il out purjue sa marrastre  Liv Regions 45
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ceux avoutres qi purguissent la femme le roi ou la fille le roi  Mir Just 15
purgisir a force
to rape, defile (a woman)
( c.1155; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cil ki purgist femme a force, forfeit ad les menbres  Leis Will ANTS 18

v.refl.

to be raped, ravished
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Une manere est del guerpir Quant de altre se fait purgesir  Salemon 1952

sbst. inf.

rape, ravishment
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de avouterie des femmes lour seignurs, ou de purgiser des filles lour seignurs  BRITT i 41

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See also:

gisir  pargisir  pur2 
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