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tresficher (s.xii2)
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tresficher (s.xii2)

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tresficer  
  FEW:  *figicare *3,506a Gdf:  tresfichier 8,49a GdfC: ∅ TL: tresfichier 10,603 DEAF:  fichier (tresfichier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  transfigere 1 3476b

v.trans.

to transfix, pierce through: 
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  il tresficherent [...] mes piez et mes mains  255.XXI.801-02
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  ‘Sagitte tue acute’, ceo sunt tes paroles qi les cors tresficent  471.XLIV.359
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiv2 )  si tresficames celes males bestes ot les puintes des lances  220

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ficher 
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