desarraier (1194-99)
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desarraier (1194-99)

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  FEW:  *reþs 16,699a Gdf:  desareer 2,535c GdfC: ∅ TL: desarëer 2,1466 DEAF:  roi 1 (desareer)  DMF:  desarreer  TLF: ∅ OED:  disarray v.  MED:  disaraien v.  DMLBS: ∅
desaraier,  desareer,  desarrayer;  disaraier  

v.a.

1to mishandle, maltreat: 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  grevousement compleinant que voz ditz gentz [...] me desaraierent et despuillerent  363.21

v.n.

1mil.to be thrown into disarray (?): 
( 1397 )  les ditz chivalx si hastivement chivachent et disaraient  iii 345

p.p._as_a.

1unprepared, caught off balance: 
( 1323-25 )  mon seignur estoit si sengle plus que n’aferoit a son estat et come desarrayé et ses gentz desarmez  153
♦disarrayed, thrown into disorder: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  furent pris si conreé De mesaise e desareé Que mangerent totes lor bestes  3433
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  quant [...] les autres Engleis furent apercewes de lour enymys disarayés, se mystrent hardiment encontre eux  65.38
arraier 
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