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torcenier (s.xii1)
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torcenier (s.xii1)

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torcener,  torceunier,  torçonier  
  FEW:  tortio 13/ii,114a Gdf:  torçonier 7,751a GdfC: ∅ TL: torcenier 10,406 DEAF:  torcion (torcenier)  DMF:  torcenier  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

theol.sinful, wicked: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  hume torcenier (Latin: virum iniquum) prendrunt li mal en la mort  Camb Ps 249.CXXXIX.12
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  N'envirer  (l. envier) ome torçonier (Latin: Ne emuleris hominem injustum)  Salemon 3085

s.

theol.sinner, wicked person: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E dejuste tei (=God) ne habiterat malignes, ne ne parmainderunt li torceunier devant tes oilz  Oxf Ps ANTS 5.5
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Felon s’en funt e torçonier  Salemon 10501
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  Ce dist li torceniers a soi meisme que il ne peche pas  Psalter Comment 382.1

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See also:

toceneor  torcener1  torcenerie  torcenerus  torcenierement  torcenoise  torcenus  torcenusement 
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