1to extinguish, douse (a fire):
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: c.1200
)
E la pere eschaufera E le fu i desteind[e]ra
244.1244
♦
mil.
to fight off, repel:
(
1194-99;
MS: s.xiii2
) Mult dura l'assalt longement Jusqu’al seir del comencement, Mais el seir le covint remaindre Car onques nes porent desteindre
3424
♦
theol.to extinguish, remit (sin):
(
1214-16;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
E pur ço les fist il morir ke il destensist lour pechez par martire
1052
1also_fig.to be extinguished:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
(the light of a candle is not seen against a bonfire, but) quant il
(=the bonfire) destendrait, Li cirges aparereit
2567
(
1194-99;
MS: s.xiii2
) Si com[e] chandeille en esconse Destaint par vent quant il l’enforce [...]
5682
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
(jet) art en ewe et desteint
(var. (K: s.xiii2) esteint) en oyle
130
(
1311
)
cel pouer ne desteint pas mes por le tens encoru
Ed II x 171
1to be extinguished:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Cum plus del fu aprismera Petit et petit desteindra
(ms. se desteindra), Ke ja fu ardeir ne purra
246.1326 (MS)
1unlit:
(
MS: c.1335
)
De son lit la veille issi, Une chaundele prist desteinte
iii 160.211
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