1to knock down, make fall over (on the back):
(
1155;
MS: s.xiiex
) Maint en abat, maint en suvine
12603
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiii1/3
) En la lande mort le suvine
1924
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
) Od la lance le i ad feru, [...] E lui e sun cheval suvine
4678
♦
fig.to beat, defeat:
(
s.xiiim;
MS: c.1335
) Ne poez tost de dette issir; gardez q'ele ne vos sovyne
94
1to fall over (on the back):
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
) Cent [...] u plus en trebucherent, Ki unkes puis ne chavalcherent; Si cum il cheent e suvinent
i 219.1565
soviner (1155)