asorber (1121-25)

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asorber (1121-25)

[ FEW: 7,390a orbus; Gdf: 1,307c aorber; GdfC: ; TL: 1,412 aorber; DEAF: ; DMF:  aorber; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
asorbir;  absorber,  assorber;  esorber,  essorber,  aorber  

v.a.

1to blind
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  se puis resunt pris, dunc seient essorbé  1154
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  soudement fut essorbé De la celestiau clarté  12183
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Li Dieux de cest mound asorbe cels ki l’amerount  94
fig. to blind, close
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  par tres chaste netee Out sun quoer dedenz asorbé Que il del mund rien ne veeit U il deliter se pueit  3288
fig.to blind, mislead, deceive
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Herodes est li malfeiz Ki tut asorbet par pecchez  2121
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  hom dist ke par largement doner Put hom bien soun enemy asorber  37.572
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  li losengour absorbe le homme e le avogle  190.5
fig.to blind, dazzle
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Car qui sereit tant alumez Ne fust de pecune assorbez Por qei q’il l’esperast aveir  2434
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  li clergiez Par cuveitise sunt asorbez  358

v._absol.

1to blind
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Li granz calins (=fog) tant aorbet  1649

v.n.

1to go blind
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Qui i (=into a fog) entret, tuz asorbet  1650

p.p._as_a.

1also_fig.blind
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Les oilz li firent a tort crever [...]Unze jurs fu absorbé, Seint Thomas en out pité  1945
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  de veillesce asorbi e bosçu  111
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Dunt estes fols, cheitif e asorbez  2803

p.p._as_s.

1blind man
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Einsi fut par les assorbez Tote aperte la traison  2514
enorbetté  rasorber 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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