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tresparfunt (s.xiiiin)

The form treparfund is a cross reference to the following entry:

tresparfunt (s.xiiiin)

treparfund;  tresparfound,  tresparfund  
  FEW:  profundus *9,432b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  parfont (tresparfont)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

1very deep, situated at a great depth or very low
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Cil entre en terre tresparfund  Mirur1 123va.27
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  pus k’en la tere tut desus Tant i ad peine, trop i ad plus En cel treparfund liu d’abime  Lum Lais ANTS 12567
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Sathanas, li maufiez, serra desliez E istra de sa chartre tresparfunde  Apoc giffard 3848
2(of thought, expression, etc.) most profound, very deep
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  fut li Fiz Deu ‘genitus a patre’ [qui] jugement sunt tresparfunt, cume dit David: ‘Judicia tua abissus multa’  Paroles Salomun 1604
de trestparfunt coer
emotionfrom the bottom of one’s heart, with great feeling
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Mes uncore ad il une autre resoun de qoi jeo sui moelt endetté de rendre graces et merciz, et de tresparfound coer crier mercie  Sz Med1 6.9

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See also:

parfunt1  tres1 
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