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sovin (s.xii3/4)
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sovin (s.xii3/4)

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sovyn,  suvin  
  FEW:  supinus 12,443b Gdf:  souvin 7,568b GdfC: ∅ TL: sovin 9,1033 DEAF:  sovin  DMF:  souvin  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  supinus 3322c

a.

supine, lying on the back: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xiiiex ) Franceis sunt tuz verset, ne se poent tenir, E coverirent lur chés e adenz (=face down) e suvin  Pel Charlemagne 389
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim ) la reine Eusse jo chuché sovine [...] Kar el me ama mut durement  Ipom BFR 7836
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Mort l'abat enz el champ suvin  Gui War 3040
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 ) [...] K’il une dame teneit E ové li en lit giseit, E k’il enbraçout cum amie E tint suvine a sa folie  Mirur1 151rb4
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) metez le malade sor une table sovin e roellez le amont e aval desi a ce ke les boueus seient revenuz en lor propre liu  A-N Med i 142
♦upside down, facing upwards: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) (the hippopotamus) En ewe est tote jur e si noe sovins  Rom Chev ANTS 4933
chair sovin
to drop, fall flat on one’s back: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Un cop li ad doné, dunt se tient miserin; Ne se pot cil tenir qu'il ne chaist sovin  Horn 1533
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Li rois chet suvin en l'unde [...] Cum vout munter du bat en bord De la nef  S Edw paris ANTS 4795
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm ) ils chaieront toux a la tere sovyn  Passion BVM2 81.9
♦to fall over, tumble down: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) le caliz od tut le vin Sur les corporals chet suvin  Mir N-D 122.XXVIII.36
gisir sovin
to lie on one’s back: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Unques ne veient le ciel s'il ne gisent sovin  Rom Chev ANTS 6737
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) E li malades gise enclin e nient sovin, que la porreture ne vienge as entrailles dedenz  A-N Med i 78.xxvii
mettre sovin
to knock down, make fall over (on the back): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Si de rien li forfunt, escuier u meschin, Tost lur paiereit tiel qu'il les meteit sovin  Horn 4081
♦to knock down, demolish: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Suz ciel n'ad forteresce, mur ne fossé marins A un engin qu'il ont tost ne seit [mis] sovins  Rom Chev ANTS 6094
tenir sun (etc.) vis sovin
to hang one’s head: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) (On seeing Horn) Herselot [...] Sun sen en ad chaungé e sun vis tient sovin (var. (O: s.xiiim) suzclin )  Horn 943

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See also:

soviner  supin 
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