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enbrunc (c.1170)

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[ FEW: *1,564a *bruncus; Gdf: 3,41b embronc; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,69 embronc; DEAF: ∅; DMF: embronc; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

enbronc, enbrun, enbrunch

a.

1bowed, lowered:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3 ) le chef tenei’ mult enbrunc 823

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii² ) Li Escopart l’oi, si tint le chef enbrun 1885

♦with bowed head:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) Enbrunc giseit, n’osat parler 6468

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) (the indifferent churchgoers) Quant al sermun sunt demurant – Enbrunch se sient en chaperun E dormunt par grant devociun 3417

enbrunc en chaperun

1head bowed under one’s hood:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) La vint Wikel, li fel, enbrunc en chaperon 4549

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) Enbrunch (var. (C: s.xiii^4/4) En brounc; (D: s.xiv^1/4) En brunche; (F: s.xiv^4/4) Embrunche) se sient en chaperun (=during sermons) 3417

porter enbrunc chapel

1to bow one’s head in shame:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Si nul hom’ ad çaenz [...] Ki die k’unc feisse vers vus fait desleel, Dunt joe deie en curt porter enbrunc chapel [...] 2078

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