tentir (1136-37)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

tentir (1136-37)

Cite this entry

[gdw]

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

v.a.

1soundto sound, make produce a sound: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Meint corn i ot tenti, sonee meinte buisine  1661

v.n.

1soundto resound, echo, reverberate: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim ) 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.xiiiex ) La bataille est dure e grant est li resun [...]. Les heaumes funt tentir e quassent li blazon  3143
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex ) Li fer tentissent, e cruissent li acier  648
2soundpathol.(of ears) to ring: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Tinni, gallice ‘tenti’ [...]: Tinniant aures eius  65.33
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm ) 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
1soundto resound, echo, reverberate with: 
( 1136-37; MS: s.xiiex ) Des cops qu'il [fiert] le bois tentist  5666
retentir  tinter  
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
tentir