desir1 (1121-25)
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desir1 (1121-25)

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  FEW:  desiderare 3,53a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  desir 9,341c TL: desir 2,1612 DEAF:  desirrer (desir)  DMF:  désir  TLF:  désir  OED:  desire n.  MED:  desir n.  DMLBS: ∅
desire,  desiier,  desier  389,  disir  88.60, 
pl. desiris  97v2, 
pl. desirries  53.14  

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1desire, wish: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E il ma[n]gerent e saulez sunt trop, e le desiier (l. desirer) (var. (B: s.xii4/4) desirer; Latin: desiderium) aportat a eals  140.LXXVII.30
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ore ad de ly veer autretant desire  5242
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Pur fere a l’emperur sun desir  35.98
( 1373 )  nostre entir volunté et desire  80
♦sexual desire: 
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 ) Le desir qu’ad vers la reine Tolt le voleir vers la meschine  650
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  desirs de lecherie  13.10
2object of desire: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ne de peiner ne recrerrunt De ci que lur desir verrunt  1102
a desir
1out of love: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  la (=Gunnilda) duna Ke a desir la demanda Li noble emperere H.  509
a sun (etc.) desir
1as one wishes: 
( 1392-95; MS: s.xv1 )  [...] vous meynteigne et encresse toudis a vostre desir  55.22
aver desir a, de, en (+inf.)
1to wish, have the desire to: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Tant unt en l'aprendre desir  9139
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  De manger devez desporter, Endementiers unkore ke volentez E desir de mangier avez  1743
( 1320 )  eant grant desire et volonté a faire totes les choses qi [...]  87
aver en desir
1to desire: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  trop i ad gent [...] Ki se purpensunt mut suvent Cument pussent acumplir Le pecché k'il unt en desir  3302
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dunt cum il aveit en desir Plusurs en (=needs) veit bien germir  1245
faire charnel desir
1to have sexual intercourse: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  cil que ne se poet tenir K’il ne face charnele desir, Sil face par saint’ espusaille, Sauntz leccherie, sauntz countraille  136
turner a sun (ect.) desir
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