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vanter
c.1136-65
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vanter
(c.1136-65)
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vaunter;
vantire
v.a.
1
to praise highly
:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiii
ex
)
De vus est mut bien veir çoe que tuit sunt cuntant
(
var.
(O:
s.xiii
m
)
vantant
)
1102
2
to boast about, claim (falsely)
:
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
quant jeo voie qe pur ascune chose qe j'ai vantee et menti de moi meismes, qe homme me porte plus de honour
24
v.n.
1
to boast
:
(
c.1245;
MS: c.1255
)
Ne puet de ça vanter Engleis Ne de l'autre part Daneis
281
se vanter de
1
to boast about
:
(
s.xii
3/4
;
MS: s.xiii
m
)
Pur les crestiens esponter Se volent li paen vanter De cuntruver diverses peines
184
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
Et me vantoie asseez de foizes des choses qe jeo ne poai ou savoie
16
2
to claim success
:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiii
ex
)
la reine od aus ses filles fait mener Pur veeir le dedut
(i.e. 'games')
, ki s'en purra vaunter
2575
sbst._inf.
1
boasting
:
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Ne voil deguerpir ma vantire
: dire
9086
(
s.xii
ex
;
MS: c.1200
)
si lessez le vanter
934
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the
Arts and Humanities Research Council
of the United Kingdom.
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