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vertir (s.xiii1/3)
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vertir (s.xiii1/3)

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v.trans.

to turn aside, divert: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  lequel qe ewe deyve estre remené en soen auncien cours, ou qe le cours deyve estre reparilé et vertie (var. (N: c.1310) reverti), ou overte...  BRITT i 409

v.intrans.

1to return, rebound: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  tant faz que fol, Ma folie me vendra (var. (C,F: s.xiii4/4,) vertira; (M: s.xiii2) revertira) al col  Gui War 518
2to alter, change: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (pepper trees were set on fire:) Le pevre si vertist, De la chalur froncist  Div Mun 380
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