1dark, without light:
( 1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1 ) Dunc sui mis en un freid leu Mult tenebrus
1392
( s.xii1;
MS: c.1145 ) Poserent mei en plus basse fosse, en tenebrus lius
97.87.6
(
s.xiii;
MS: s.xiv2/4
) Un val tenebrouse virount a l’encountreir Que fuist molt horrible
179
(
1273-82;
MS: s.xivex
) soit lumere qui me avoie En ceste tenebreuse voie
2892
(
MS: s.xiiiex
) Buies e cheenes, Chartres tenebroses
86.96
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
) l’amena outre, ou estoient lieus tenebrus et obscurs
234.27
(
MS: c.1335
) A cele houre devynt le solail obscur e tenebrous
260
♦
meteo.dark, overcast, stormy:
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiii1/3
) Aprés chalt soleil tens pluius, Aprés cler tens mult tenebrus
370
2theol.in spiritual darkness, in a state of separation from God (associated with sin):
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiiim
) A cel jur vunt cressant en lumiere de bien. Mes la vie as feluns est tenebruse, ne sevent u il rebuchent
773-74
(
1214;
MS: 1214-16
) Li sorcere erent tenebrous, De la premesse
(=of reward) coveitous
2431
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
) chescun home sanz charité Est tenebrus e avoglé
161vb.25
( 1360-79;
MS: s.xivex )
cil q'est tenebrous en soy Hiet et eschive la lumere
25322
3pathol.(of eye) clouded, blind:
(
c.1245;
MS: c.1255
) L'a
(=water) fait as oilz tenebrus mettre, e les leve
2780
4shrouded in darkness, enigmatic, hard to understand:
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
) Tu reveiles les seintes escritures, Qui tenebroses erent e obscures
13
1theol.place of spiritual darkness, separation from God:
( 1136-65;
MS: c.1200 ) [...] D'estre od Deu en repos joios U en enfern le tenebros
9914
2theol.one who is in spiritual darkness, separated from God:
(
c.1245;
MS: c.1255
) Li Seint Espiritz est cunfort A tuz dolensz, as periz port, E lumere as tenebrus
3123
tenebrus (1121-25)