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[ FEW: 2/ii,1316b crepare; Gdf: 2,371c crever; GdfC: 9,248a crever; TL: 2,1044 crever; DEAF: crever; DMF: crever; TLF: crever; OED: creve v.; MED: creven v.; DMLBS: 515c crepare ]

crevir, crevoir, grever 13.11 var

v.a.1to burst; to burst open
v.n.1to burst 2to split, crack 3to break, dawn (of day) 4to die
v.refl.1to burst
p.p._as_a.1split, cracked

v.a.

1to burst:

( c.1185 ) Male gute le quor li cret! 5854

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) le[s] (=boils, ulcers) creve l’en de une aguille i 241

( s.xiv¹; MS: s.xiv^m ) il me sembloyt mon cuer crevoyr en cent pieces 101.4

♦to burst open:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3 ) al sailer le braz me crevat e vostre lit ensenglentat 747

crever l'oil, les oils

1to put out the eye(s):

( 1121-35; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) Li oiselet sunt fer: [...] Volent le (=the parent) devorer E ses dous oilz crever 2348

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Iloc firent ses oilz crever 4827

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) qe nous deusseons couper le piee et crever l’oil, s’il nous grevast 165

v.n.

1to burst:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Le mal le tint al quer, dont vient le dit quitus, Autrement crevereit, car tut est venimus 21

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Le quer li creveroit de amur 289

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) [P]ur clou feire crever 212.65

2to split, crack:

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) veisez […] Les grantz paluz secchir e la terre crever 696

3to break, dawn (of day):

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Mil graisles i sonent quant l’aube fu crevee 599

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv^2/4 ) Jesqu’al demain a l’einzjurnee, Ke l’albe del jour fu crevee 1404

4to die:

( s.xii²; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) Ses fist mener a une faloise et la les fist aval saillir, et tout creverent al cheir 201

( s.xiii^1/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) Sun bon cheval li creve suz sa sele 702

v.refl.

1to burst:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Kant Amilun s’oit nomer, De dolur pout son quer crever (var. (L: c.1335) se pout pres crever) 1018 (var. K)

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: c.1330 ) kant le quer par mort se creve 29.76

p.p._as_a.

1split, cracked:

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) crevez et fendu 877

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