esbatre1 (1160-74)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

esbatre1 (1160-74)

  FEW:  battuere 1,293a Gdf:  esbatre 3,339b GdfC:  esbatre 9,503a TL: esbatre 3,795 DEAF:  batre (esbatre)  DMF:  ébattre  TLF:  ébattre  OED: MED: DMLBS:
esbater  

v.a.

esbatre les eles
1 orn. to beat one's wings
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  birds En la fontaine el mont s’aloient tuit baingnier, Lor elles esbatoient, s’aloient porcachier  i 23.244

v.refl.

1to divert, amuse oneself
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  alons nous esbater un poy de temps  22.33
to have sexual intercourse
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  le signeur s’esbat et esjoit atant avecque s’amie  65
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  ‘Mon amy’, fist ele, ‘n’avez vous point talent pur vous esbatre ovesque moi?’  15.7
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
esbatre_1