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tehir (1136-37)
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The form taisi is a cross reference to the following entry:

tehir (1136-37)

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taïr,  tahir;  teïr,  teÿer;  theïr; 
p.pr. taïsaunt,  teïssant,  teÿsant; 
p.p. tahi,  taisi,  tehi,  teï,  theï  
  FEW:  *taih(h)jan 17,391b Gdf:  tehir 7,660a GdfC: ∅ TL: tehir 10,148 DEAF:  tehir  DMF:  tehir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.intrans.

1to grow up healthy and strong: 
( 1136-37; MS: s.xiiex ) La pulcele crut e tehid Kar asez fud suef nurrid  GAIMAR1 65
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Cist juvencels prist a theïr De jurn en jurn e a embarnir, Plus devint fers que uns leuns  Brut Royal 3605
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Aedmundz taï et crut  S Edw paris ANTS 164
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex ) l’enfaunt cruest e taÿst e estoit plein de la grace de Dieu  Gospel Harmony 33.5.12
♦livestock(of cows) to grow healthy and strong: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) e le croim des joefne avers [qe teyer (var. crestre ) ne velunt seyent en bone pasture pur engresser]  HENLEY2 284.c57
♦ bot. (of vegetation, crops, etc.) to flourish, thrive: 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Poi unt vin ke vinne ne poet teïr  Iter paris 140
♦fig.to flourish, thrive: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 ) Certes et bien tehir deveit A qui Deu nuriçun esteit  S Edw barking 281
( 1269-97 ) (after the great fire of Carlisle) unqes puis ne teyerent ne lur sustenaunce n'avoient  Northern Pet 111
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 ) Tant cum il plus valut e plus taï, Tant fu il plus del rei Saul haï  Anc Test (E) 7060
2to prosper, benefit: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 ) Unques ne vi nuls heom de mençonges tehir  GUISCH 1058
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Ja teïr lunges ne purrez Kar tantes maleiçons averez De ceste gent  Waldef BB 15271

p.pr. as a.

healthy and strong, flourishing, thriving: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex ) E l’enfaunt creust e estoit taïsaunt  Gospel Harmony 31.2.56
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm ) Les prodhommes, qe ont les enfantz beaus e teïssanz  BOZ Cont 170
♦livestock(of cows) healthy and strong, well-developed: 
( 1297 ) troyes genices les meins teÿsantes  Westm Wenlok 84.113

p.p. as a.

grown up, mature: 
( 1136-37; MS: s.xiiex ) En Engleterre en vint le cri Que lur dreit eir erent tehi (var. (L: s.xiii2) theï;  (R: s.xiv1) tahi;  (H: s.xiv1/4) teï )  GAIMAR1 4518
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 ) Un enfaunt estoit tout neu, Si avoit la veue perdu [...]; autre vice ne vy en luy, Taunt fust il bel et bien taisi  Art Love 182

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See also:

tehisance 
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