1to trip, stumble:
(
c.1185
)
Mais li destrers suz lui fleschist E cesta entre deus bussuns
8005
(
MS: s.xiii1
)
neque sespitanti: (R) ne cestaunt
(var. (J: s.xiii1) cessant; (D: s.xiii1) sestaunt)
242.63
(
c.1250;
MS: 1307-25
)
Garszoun ou garce li
(=the toddler) deit suire Qu’il ne cece
(var. (A: ) ceste; (B: s.xv1) cece; (O: s.xv1) cesse; (T: 1415-20) ceeste) (M.E. stomble) ne chece
(M.E. falle)
19
(
1381-85;
MS: s.xiv4/4
)
quant nous feusmes en point de ceestre
(ou toumbler) nous avez duement en nostre estate redressé
395
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
cespitanti: (C) cestaunt, stumbland
(var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) cestant, anglice stumbelant)
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