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desbuscher (c.1170)

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desbuscher (c.1170)

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[ FEW: 15/ii,30a *busk-; Gdf: 2,547c desbuchier; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

desbucher; debucher, debuisser

v.n.

1mil.to break cover, rush out (of ambush):

( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) E tauntost cum ly vinte e deus mile Sarazyns virent ço, il desbucherent tout ensemble quy ainz ainz 1034

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) Cil qui furent en aguait sei desembuscherent (var. (P: 1230-50) debucherent) (C) ii 35

v.refl.

1mil.to emerge, come out (of a wood):

( c.1185; MS: s.xiii^m ) Devers le bois en un pendant Se est debuissé uns chevalers 8427

( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) ces desbucherent [...] des boys [...] ou il s’estoyent moucez 1024

♦to break cover, rush out (of ambush):

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^m ) E si tost cum en ert li esturs cumencez, Vus ki serrez muscez, si vus desbucherez (O) 4603

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) ke cil [...] sei desbuschassent e lur aversaries al dos damagassent ii 27

desembucher

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