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teindre2 (1113-19)

teindre2 (1113-19)

taindre;  tendre,  teyndre; 
p.pr. teygnaunt  
  FEW:  attingere *25,732a Gdf:  teindre 2 7,661a GdfC: TL: DEAF:  ataindre (*)  DMF:  teindre 2  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

Aphetic form of atteindre.

v.trans.

1lawto attain, gain possession of
( 1310 ) nous entendoms par decea qe ‘tendre estat’ en bref de possession, ceo est seisi ('is meant a seisin') de la demande  YBB Ed II iii 161
( 1317 ) il covent qe chescun brief de forme de doun face mencioun de touz qe tenderent estat et seisi furent  YBB Ed II xxii 14
( 1319 ) un H. survesquit e tendit estate, de qi il avaint fet omissioun  YBB Ed II xxiv 28
2to afflict
( MS: s.xiii2 ) ignotos cruciatibus afficere: teyndre  TLL i 161
3lawto attaint, convict
( 1327 ) qe femmes parmy la terre soient dowez des tenementz que furunt a lour barouns, tut soit lour barouns teintz de felonie et portent jugement  Rot Parl1 ii 8.13

v.intrans.

to reach, amount to
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 ) E par iceo saverez Si que ja n'i faldrez, Quanz jurz la lune averat Quant le meis enterat: Itant jurs averat Cum li numbres tendrat. Mais s'il vait ultre .xxx., Jeter devez les .xxx., E ceo q ue remaindrat Si nus demusterat Quanz jurz la lune averat  Comput ANTS 3184

v. impers.

que teint a ... ?
what does it matter to ... ?
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Cil respunt: ‘Que teint a nus ? Tut le pecché seit sur vus.’  A-N Piety 220.675

p.pr. as a.

teignant a
reaching, extending to
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin ) Vestu de une vesture a peez teyg[n]aunt (l. t[r]eyg[n]aunt?)  Apoc Verse ANTS 50

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See also:

atteindre 
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