purtendre (c.1136-65)

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purtendre (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 13,199b tendere; Gdf: 6,315c portendre; GdfC: ; TL: 7,1585 portendre; DEAF:  tendre (portendre); DMF:  pourtendre; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 2535a protendere ]
portendre  

While the Latin verb portendere ('to portend') did exist (DMLBS 2354b), the sense of the AN purtendre seems to have derived from protendere.

v.a.

1to spread (out), extend
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  De cordes ad teissu sun lit [...]. De tapiz peinz l'at portendu, Ki d'Egipte li sunt venu  4835
( c.1185 )  riche tref, Ben atachee et ben bordee, Ben purtendue  1412
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Li covoitous, quant s’aparçoit Que pres de luy jofne homme soit, Q’est riche des possessions Et innocent, lors en destroit Son cuer remaint comment pourroit Ses retz pourtendre a tieux buissons  6234
contendre  destendre#2  entendre#2  estendre#1  partendre  protendre  pur#2  tendre#1 
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