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acerveler (c.1185)

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acerveler (c.1185)

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[gdw]

FEW: cerebellum 2/i,602b Gdf: acerveler 1,48a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: cervel (acerveler) DMF: acerveler TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

acerveiler, acerviler

v.a.

1mil.to dash out the brains of, kill violently:

( 1275; MS: c.1282 ) il le ferit de memes l'espeye de coloigne en my la greve de la teste et le acervela parunt ke il morut tantost entre ses braz 5

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) le fesoient lapider [...] et le acerveilerent (var. (M: s.xiv^m) acervilerent ), et l’encerveilerent (var. (M: s.xiv^m) l'ensevileren ) en le champ de Maulim 70.8

p.p._as_a.

1 mil. with one's brains dashed out, killed violently:

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv¹ ) La veissez [...] Tanz chevalers acervelez, [E] Tant occis e tanz naffrez 3779

2 brainless, foolish, empty-headed:

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^1/3 ) S'il ne fust si acervelez Li reis eust este devez, Mais il fist le melz qu’il pot faire 1319

( c.1185; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Menalun a Daunus veit E parla com acervelez 12023

p.p._as_s.

1 mil. one whose brains have been dashed out, was killed violently:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3? ) Des abatuz e des acervelez Est tut li champ plein e encumbrez 1728

cervel cervelé encerveler escerveler

acerveler