1to waken, rouse:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Atant si est li morz esvaniz E cil de dormir esperiz
163vb8
1to waken up (from):
(
s.xiiex;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Kant veu aveit la vision E de cel soinge repairi
(var. (L: c.1335) esperi)
1085 (var. K)
♦
to stay, lie awake:
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1382
)
omme pense et espere Pur la malyce d’un lere
(M.E. M[an] thinkith and wakyth [...])
299
2to spurt forth:
(
1291-92
)
le bati [...] issi qe le sang esperi de totes pars
34
1to rouse oneself, waken:
(
c.1136-37;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Par tut le bois ot si grant cri Que la dame s’en esperi
236
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
La dame s’esperi e del songe veilla
240
(
s.xiiim;
MS: c.1335
)
E quant ele vit l’angle si s’esperi e out pour
97.112
♦
to wake up, come to one’s senses:
(
c.1185
)
Pasmé est a terre chaue. A grant pece, quant s’esperist, Sa guimple prent e bendes fist
5849
2to start, to jump:
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
veit les destrers ke il ameine, Tut se espert
(var. (B: s.xivin) se pert) e vers sei l’aceine
6750
1awake:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
quant ele fu esperie Tote rendi le ydropesie
3626
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