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seinement (1120-40)

seinement (1120-40)

sainement;  senement;  seynement  (seineement)  
  FEW:  sanus 11,180b Gdf:  sanement 1 7,304a GdfC:  sainement 10,611a TL: sain (sainement) 9,70 DEAF:  sain (sainement 2)  DMF:  sainement  TLF:  sainement  OED:  sanely adv.  MED: DMLBS:  sane 2928a

adv.

1 med. healthily, free from disease
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  il fu alegé Quant sun fiz ad sain e heité (var. (C: 1225-1300) seinement) trové  Anc Test (E) 1419 (var.)
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  seinement vesqui trestute sa vie  Vitas 3970
2 med. in a healing manner, restorative to health
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  quant sa quisse qui fut frainte Soul mouilliee ert de l'aeve sainte, Tant seinement fut resoudee Com s'ele onc ainz ne fust blescee  Dial Greg SATF 3157
3 safely, without harm or injury
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Chevals laissent tut enselez, Les utlages i sunt muntez Tut a leisir e enseineement (var. (L: s.xiii2) seineement;  (R: s.xiv1) sainement); Unc n'i orent desturbement  GAIMAR1 5529 (var.)
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  li reis [...] Chastels vit destruiz e citez, Villes arses, mustiers robez [...] A tuz pramist restorement Si il repairot sainement  Brut WACE 7678
safely, without damage
( MS: 1120-40 )  Dreit a Lalice, ço fut citét mult bele, Iloec arivet sainement la nacele  S Alexis1 82
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Dreit vers la rive vent la nef: Si seinement est essiwee (=is taken out of the water), Ne fut hurtee ne blescee  S Gile1 805
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  La nef Tristran est arivé, El port senement est enancré  Fol Trist ANTS 142
4 in a manner that is conducive to health
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  travaille enchace encheson de pecheer et fet homme sei mesmes (var. (B: c.1330) seinement la nuyt) reposer  BOZ Cont 142 (var.)
5 clearly, straightforwardly
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  (the concept of the Trinity:) Si sainement creire vulez, Al ventre prendre vous devez  Mirur3 9185
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Einz entendez seinement qe [...]  Mir Just 191
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Par quoi seynement doit estre moustré [...] Coment la terre d'Escoce de grant antiquité Estoit e estre doit tenue de nostre see  LANGTOFT thiol2 460.23

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See also:

sein1 
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