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afundrer (1155)

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FEW: fundus 3,872b Gdf: afonder 1,147a GdfC: ∅ TL: afondrer 1,197 DEAF: fons (afonder) DMF: affondrer / affonder 1 TLF: affond(r)er OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

affondrer, affoundrer, afondrer, afoundrer;
p.p. afoundi

v.a.1to destroy, raze to the ground ♦ to destroy, dissolve
v.n.1(of a vessel) to founder, sink, submerge ♦ to go under, drown 2to sink down, collapse 3to be destroyed, razed to the ground
p.p._as_a.1sunk, collapsed 2foundered, lamed

v.a.

1to destroy, raze to the ground:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) (God) Pur ço afundra Sodome ke [...] i 21

♦med. to destroy, dissolve:

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) Pus sil (=the concoction) metez al mal jeske il seit afundré 281.118

v.n.

1ship.(of a vessel) to founder, sink, submerge:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Dunc veissez nefs effundrer, Eue receivre e afundrer 4253-54

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) S’il voient grant dromond ou eskarnard sigler, Par desuz l’ewe courent si la font affondrer 6063

♦to go under, drown:

( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Mult veissiez herneis floter, Homes plungier e affondrer ii 5236

2to sink down, collapse:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) (Of the building of a tower) [...] quanqu'il unt le jur uvré Est la nuit en terre afundré 7334

3to be destroyed, razed to the ground:

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) Saulee fud dampnee quant Sodome e Gomorre afundrerent i 21

p.p._as_a.

1sunk, collapsed:

( MS: c.1325 ) Si vous est avis que le chef la sus est afoundré cum une fosse 153.33

2horses equit.pathol.foundered, lamed:

( 1376 ) les ditz chivalx si hastivement chivachent et disaraient […] issint qe les ditz chivalx deveignent tout deperduz et afoundiz ii 345

enfundrer esfundrer fundre

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