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sembler2 (s.xiiim)

sembler2 (s.xiiim)

semler  
[ FEW: 25,541a assimulare; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  assembler (*); DMF:  sembler 2; TLF: ; OED:  semble v.1; MED:  semblen v.1; DMLBS: 3093a simulare 2 ]

Aphetic form of assembler.

v.intrans.

to assemble, come together
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Bien sai ke Deus le vout ke fussuns asemblez (var. (H: s.xiiim) ke Deu le veie ke ci fussez semlez) Pur la feste tenir  Horn 1565 (var.)
( 1350-1450 )  ordeigné est que nul homme de lours ditz artifices [...] lour absentent a quel temps q’ils serront garnyz par lours sercheours a sembler a certein lieu pur ascune cause ou matere lours ditz artifices appartenantz  YMB i 165

v.refl.

euph. to have sexual intercourse
( MS: s.xiv ) Encuntre mariage pecchent homes e femmes [...] s’il se semblent en seynte lu u en seint tens u auterment ke il dusunt  Sacr 40v
se sembler ové
to join, unite with
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  la joie de vostre douz coer si passoit toutz les autres [qar toutes les autres] la se sembloient (var. (C: s.xivex) la sembloient) ové celles de coer  Sz Med1 226.26

p.p. as a.

assembled, gathered together
( 1261 )  viegne le conseil le roy tout a un lieu semblez  Baron Rebellion 234.22

[gdw]

See also:

assembler  semblee1 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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