degurder (1194-99)
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degurder (1194-99)

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  FEW:  gurdus 4,327b Gdf:  degourdir 2,474b GdfC:  desgourdir 9,338c TL: desgordir 2,1600 DEAF:  gort2 (desgordir) G1030 DMF:  dégourdir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
degurdier;  desgurdir  

v.n.

1to loosen, relax: 
( MS: c.1325 )  […] si ky le bras seyt degurdié  113
( MS: s.xiv )  E cele chalour trera hors le venim dé membres e degurdera les nerves  34
♦ship.to shake out (reefs in a sail): 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Dunc n’avum nus le vent portant Cum cil autre ki vunt devant, Le governail bien ataché, Degurdé ris, ancre saké E drecié mast [...] ?  932

p.p._as_a.

1 weakened, withered, having atrophied muscles: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Car il =horses erent tut desgurdi E deboistié e esturdi D‘un mois qu'orent en mer esté  1569
gurd 
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