1
to strip bare:
(
s.xii1;
MS: s.xiiim
) Ileuc l’ad
(St Catherine) despoille[e] e tote denue[e]
134
♦
to lay bare:
(
MS: 1155-60
)
Tu feris le chief de la maisun de felun, denuas
(Latin: denudasti) le fundement desque al col
271.19
2to strip off:
(
s.xiv1;
MS: s.xivm
)
il lui desnuerent sa cote
277
1to strip oneself bare:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: c.1300
)
Ke plus s’i apue De sens se desmue
(l. desnue?) E de sauveté
846
1bare:
(
MS: 1155-60
)
del denué chiés des anemis
(Latin: nudati inimicorum capitis)
278.64
♦
weaponsbared:
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Ceste espee fud deswainee e desnuee
ii 23
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