desturner (s.xii1)
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desturner (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 13/ii,67b tornare; Gdf: 2,665a destorner; GdfC: 9,363a destorner; TL: 2,1779 destorner; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  détourner; TLF:  détourner; OED:  disturn v.; MED:  disturnen v.; DMLBS: 699b distornare ]
destorner, 
p.p. destouré (l. destour[n]é)  

v.a.

1to turn aside, push away: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu desturnas (Latin: Avertisti) la force del glaive de lui  165.LXXXVIII.44
( c.1185 )  Ly gleive bon […] Met parmy la pene devaunt, Si l’ad desturné del senestre Que tut ly est estors a destre  12085
♦to turn away, avert: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Desturne(Latin: Averte) mes oilz, qu’il ne veient vanitet  221.CXVIII.37
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  vos euz destornez  207.17
♦ to avert, renounce: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) E abunda que il desturnast la sue ire, e ne esprist tute la sue ire  89.77.43
♦ to overturn: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Debutez desturné sui que je caisse  114.117.13
♦med.to avert, avoid: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et ceste poet [l’en] destorner, et garir non  i 194
2to save, protect (from): 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Saphir [...] desturne (var. (K: s.xiii2) desturbe) homme de emprisuner  120
3to prohibit, disable (from): 
( 1402 )  Et en certein le dit chastiel est trop malament envitaillé et destouré (l. destour[n]é) affaire aucune [service]  i 451
4 to reverse, undo: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Tu beneisquis, Sire, la tue terre, desturnas la caitivited de Jacob  93.84.1
desturner de
1 to divert, turn away from: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Desturna de fais sun dos  91.80.6
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  ne larrum [...] Ke soium de s’amur desturnez ne flechi  1109
desturner arere
1 to turn back, repulse: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Seient desturnet ariere e seient confundut li purpensant a mei mals  61.34.5

v.n.

desurner de
1to turn away from, ignore: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) hume de sans, desturnez de mei (Latin:  viri sanguinum declinate a me)  127.138.18
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  il (=Deu) destorne de nostre priere, si ne la veut pas oir  185.5

v.refl.

1to turn away: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) E desturnent sei e ne guarderent covenant  89.77.63
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Idonc se desturnent, aillurs pernent sojur  C 166
se desturner de
1 to turn away from, abandon: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Desturne tei de mal e fai bien  60.33.14
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  de vus m’en destornerai  185.15
♦to be diverted from: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  e les lessent par nonchaler eus destrere e destorner de lour servise  250.33
se desturner que [...] ne
1to avoid, get out of: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  iço feseit Por tant q’il vot [...] Destorner sei [...] Q’il n’enpreist tant grant office  826

p.p._as_a.

1false, insincere: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Le seygnur ne sey deit pas fere conseiler de [...] nul sauvage, ne de nul desturné losengur, ne geybur [...]  292.c77
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  une parole destornee meintes fez enpire une bele verité  28.5

p.p._as_s.

1solution, way out: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  en une creche l’ad (=J.C.) culché, Kar ele n’out autre desturné  1655
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