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tastuner (s.xii2)

tastuner (s.xii2)

tastoner,  tastunneir  (tascuner (l. tastuner))  
  FEW:  *taxitare 13/i,142a Gdf:  tastonner 7,656b GdfC:  tastonner 10,745c TL: tastonner 10,139 DEAF:  taster (tastonner)  DMF:  tâtonner  TLF:  tâtonner  OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

to touch, stroke, caress
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 ) La nuit cum il gisoit en sum lit si vint li diabes qui le prodome avoit guaité; si li comença le ventre a tastunneir et a ferir sus de sa palme et a dire […]  Psalter Comment 104.271
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim ) Guiburc la franche l'i (=Guillaume in bed) tastunad suef  Ch Guill 1486
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) [S]il sermonur qui nus sermonent [...] quant se reponent Unt les tusetes (=young women) qui les tastunent a lur costé; N'en partira desi que ele ait partut graté  Pol Songs 122.124
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 ) Ki aime netteté [...] Ja ne voit tastonant [...] Ne sorur ne parente  Respit 157.34
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin ) (The Devil) Tant le fet le mounde enfamer, Sa char norir et tascuner (l. tastuner) Qe trestot tourne a son desir  Chev Dé 782

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See also:

tast1  tastable  taster1  taster2 
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tastuner