Anglo-Norman Dictionary

redempt (c.1378)

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redempt (c.1378)

[gdw]

[ FEW: *10,179a redimere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: redempt a.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2698a redimere ]

The word, unique to Gower in Anglo-Norman but also attested in fifteenth-century English, functions as a Latinized past participle form of redemer.

1theol.redeemed, saved from sin and damnation (by the atonement of Christ):

( c.1378; MS: s.xiv^ex ) quant ton fils morust, al hure Lors fuist redempt la forsfaiture =transgression 29564

( c.1378; MS: s.xiv^ex ) la gent terrestre Qui sont redempt de la juyse 29856

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