empenné (s.xii1)
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empenné (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 8,528b pinna; Gdf: 3,57b empenné /3,57b empenner 1; GdfC: 9,440c empenner; TL: 3,97 empener; DEAF:  pene (empené); DMF:  empenné; TLF:  empenner; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1245b impennare ]
enpené,  enpenet,  enpenné  

a.

1orn.zool.feathered: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  oiseals enpenez (Latin: volatilia pennata)  140.LXXVII.28
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Delivre e tut legger cum oisel enpenné  991
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  les poucins volent quant il ont plume e sont enpennez  180.16
♦weaponsmil.(of arrows, etc.) feathered: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  traient seetes e quarels enpenez  (B) 4379
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Set darz aguz, ben enpennez  11124
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  les seetes [...] ke volent avant legerement sicom darz enpennez  176.14

s.

1orn.zool.winged creature, bird: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  en vain est tendue rei Devant les oilz as enpenez (Latin: ante oculos pennatorum) , Kar halt en l’air sunt tost volez  827
empenné de
1fig.winged with, with wings of: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Del doble amur de carité Furent si ferm e enpenné Que halt en celx a Deu volerent  852
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