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tracer1 (s.xii1)

tracer1 (s.xii1)

tracir,  tracher,  traser,  trazer  
  FEW:  *tractiare 13/ii,143b Gdf:  tracier 7,782a GdfC:  tracier 10,793a TL: tracier 10,487 DEAF:  tracier  DMF:  tracer  TLF:  tracer  OED:  trace v.1  MED:  tracen v.  DMLBS:  traceare 3463b

v.trans.

1to track, trail
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim ) tost s’en vet Ipomedon Kar sis destrers esteit mut bon. Tant cum Jasun le pot tracer Ne volt il finer ne lesser  Ipom BFR 6333
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 ) Il levat sus, si me siwi. Il out negez, si me trazat  Fol Trist ANTS 721
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Ki praie vait trasaunt Et lungement siwaunt  Respit 16
2to search out
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) la meie sente e le mien funel tu trachas (Latin: semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti)  Oxf Ps ANTS 126.138.2

v.intrans.

tracer aprés
to follow in the footsteps of
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin ) l’en siwe ses traces et par eus trace l’en aprés lui  Ancren1 277.5
tracer de (+ inf.)
to seek a way, plot to
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) s'un tiel devant ta face Semblant de bon amour te face, Ne t’assurez en son desport; Car soutz cela portrait et trace De t'enginer au faulse trace De double chiere et double port  GOWER Mirour 4360

sbst. inf.

tracking, trailing
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim ) Il saveit asez de tracer, Ben ad siwi le dreit senter  Ipom BFR 6985

[gdw]

See also:

traçable  trace1  traçour  traçure 
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.
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