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tentir (1136-37)

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tentir (1136-37)

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FEW: tinnire 13/i,345a Gdf: tentir 7,682c GdfC: ∅ TL: tentir 2 10,237 DEAF: tentir 2 DMF: tentir TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: tintinnare 3443c

v.a.1to sound, make produce a sound
v.n.1to resound, echo, reverberate ♦ (of metal) to clang, emit a ringing sound 2(of ears) to ring
p.p._as_s.1word, sound

v.a.

1 sound to sound, make produce a sound:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Meint corn i ot tenti, sonee meinte buisine 1661

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) Buiamont respont, 'Ja sun n’en iert tenti' 732

v.n.

1 sound to resound, echo, reverberate:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Par les acers, qu’il funt grundir De rustes colps, ke il vunt ferir, Oissez si les vals tentir E le[s] muntaines regalir 8303

♦ sound (of metal) to clang, emit a ringing sound:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) La bataille est dure e grant est li resun [...]. Les heaumes funt tentir e quassent li blazon 3143

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) Li fer tentissent, e cruissent li acier 648

2 sound pathol. (of ears) to ring:

( s.xiii^3/4; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Tinni, gallice ‘tenti’ [...]: Tinniant aures eius 65.33

( c.1300?; MS: s.xiv^m ) Si lez orailes tentisent [...] çoe signefie aveglement des oilz 5.108

( s.xiv²; MS: s.xiv² ) Si les oreils tentisent ou sonnent [...] ii 206.20

tentir de

1 sound to resound, echo, reverberate with:

( 1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Des cops qu'il [fiert] le bois tentist 5666

p.p._as_s.

1 lang. word, sound:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) 'N’i ait ja plus tenti. Va, turne t’en ariere jesqu’il soit esclarci' 321

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