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retondre (1267)
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retondre (1267)

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retoundre,  retundre ;  rotundre  (recoundre (l. retoundre))  
  FEW:  tondere 13,26b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  retondre 10,565a TL: retondre 8,1137 DEAF:  tondre 1 (retondre)  DMF:  retondre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  retondere 2814c

v.trans.

1to cut, clip, sever with a sharp instrument: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  si (=at the Resurrection of the Dead) li revenissent pleinement Ses cheveuz k'ot retundu sovent, E des ungles k'avoit sovent copé  Lum Lais ANTS 11766
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Homme drap retounde (M.E. scleruth)  Nominale 387
2livestockto shear, clip, cut: 
( c.1294 )  Nous vous comaundoms ke vous trovet a Wiliam de Kayntone ces despences por sa demore oveke vous por recoundre (l. retoundre) noz berbis  Westm Wenlok 143.309
♦curr.to clip, pare (coinage): 
( 1292 )  Cestes moneies ke sunt fetes ou retoundues hors d'Engletere sont aportez par trespassanz  Stats i 219
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ceux qi la (=coinage) retondent ou liment par male gaigne  Mir Just 20
( 1343-50; MS: 1343-50 )  la monoye qe fut vilement rotundu et fause  Cron Lond1 15

sbst. inf.

curr.clipping, paring (of coinage): 
( c.1343 )  treinez e penduz pur retundre del moneye  Cron Lond1 16

p.p. as a.

1blunt(ed), pared: 
( MS: s.xiv2 )  Si feer eit estee recounduz (l. retounduz) (var. (B: s.xiv2) rebatuz; (C: s.xiv2) ecoundu) [...] ceo serra enacuee a grant travail  Bible hackett (A) 198vb
2curr.(of coin) clipped, pared: 
( 1292 )  E le cors celi en ki mains le faus dener ou retoundu apert seit trové  Stats i 219

p.p. as s.

curr.clipped, pared coin: 
( 1292 )  multz de gentz povres e riches ne sevent conustre les leger deners e les retoundutz, des autres  Stats i 219

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See also:

retondour  retondure  retonsure  tondre 
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retondre