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)
82.68.41
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Tun queor en vivrat senz faillance Mais que porseces sapience
3242
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
'Mestre, par quele rien fesant Purserrai la vie manant?'
144
♦
to take possession:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Sulunc la grandece del tuen braz, pursied les filz des mortifiedurs
(Latin: posside filios mortificatorum)
90.78.12
♦
occupationto occupy (a position):
(
c.1195;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Itels choses deit cil aveir ki evesked deit purseeir
298
2
to besiege, beset:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Avirunerent mei mult veel, cras tor pursistrent mei
(Latin: tauri pingues obsederunt me)
53.21.12
1theol.possessed, inhabited by a malevolent spirit:
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Cist [...] guarisseit ces ki esteient pursis de deable e traveilliez
120
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Uns oem demoniaus guarit, Lonc tens porsis de l’aversaire
18487
purseoir (s.xii1)