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suspir (s.xii1/3)
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suspir (s.xii1/3)

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sospir;  soupir,  souspir;  supyr,  suspire,  suzpir  
  FEW:  suspirare 12,474b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  souspir 10,704a TL: sospir 9,960 DEAF:  sospirer (sospir)  DMF:  soupir  TLF:  soupir  OED:  suspire n.  MED:  suspires n.  DMLBS:  suspirium 3341b

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emotionsigh (in sorrow or grief): 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex ) Beril [...]; s’om la beit ki fort sanglut, El li toldra suspir e rut  Lapid 40.320
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) oi grant plureiz, Granz plainz, granz suspirs e granz criz  Brut WACE 11358
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim ) Par grefs suspirs e par gran[z] plurs  S Modw 3298
( MS: s.xiii2 ) suspiria: supyrs  TLL ii 7
( 1347 ) les suspires et larmes des povres orphayns et vedues  Foedera1 iii 100
♦emotionsighing, lamenting (in sorrow or grief): 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Si començat a suspirer, Aprés le suspir a plorer  S Nichol wace 1026
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) Or m’en repent [...]; Ço est a tart, rien nen valt mon sospir  Adam2 530
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 ) (J.C.) deigna murir Pur noz pechez, e nus guarir De mort e d'enfernal suspir  S Edm Pass ANTS 756
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 ) ele ne pout sey tenir Ou de lermer ou de suzpir  boz Seven Poems 64.92
estre en suspir
emotionto be sorrowful: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Charlemaines nostre seignur Est en suspir e nuit e jur  S Gile1 2378
faire, forsmettre, geter, traire un suspir
1emotionto sigh, heave a sigh (in sorrow or grief): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) E meint[e] pleinte fet[e] e geté meint suspir  Rom Chev ANTS 1214
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Une fille ot, Axan par nom, Laquele [...] angoissous souspirs forsmist  Dial Greg SATF 13094
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Tut en plorant le regarda Gui; Sovent i fist maint grant sospir  Gui War 9757
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm ) il estoit molt irrez, si treit un grant suspir et dist: ‘[...]’  Rich I 23.23.2
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) M’estoet a trere maint suspir  GOWER Mirour 42
2to breathe out, exhale: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv2/4 ) L’espirit luy revint, ses oils en ad oueri; Un suspire ad getu  Vis Tond 58

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See also:

suspirale  suspirer 
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