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esturdir (1084)

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FEW: turdus 13/ii,428a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: estordir 9,564a TL: estordir 3,1416 DEAF: estordir DMF: étourdir TLF: étourdir / estourdi 1 OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

estordir; estourdir; esturdier,
p.p. estordet, estordit;
p.p. estourdi;
p.p. esturdi, esturdiz

v.a.

1to stun:

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Merlin del colp fu esturdi 5437

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Cil del grant colp fu estordi 12699

♦to daze:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) tant par les ot li esparz Estourdies e avoeglees Qe [...] 15695

♦to make dizzy:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) Ki l’a sur sei, n’eniverra Ne ja vins ne l’estordira 43.390

v.absol.

1 to make dizzy, give vertigo:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) a sword dangles high above an entrance: Sul del vedeir esturdiet 1712

v.n.

1to become stunned:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Idonc put l’em veer [...] Tanz gentils chevalers e tanz barons morir, Pasmer ces damoisels e les vielz estordir 1200

( c.1325; MS: c.1325 ) (at the Resurrection) les chivalers que ly gardeyent estoyent tant estordyis que nuyl ne out poer de luy meymes 64.2

♦to dumbfound:

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) Mais ja seit q’il fust esbahiz, N’ert pas del tot trop estordiz 1390

p.p._as_a.

1dazed, confused:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Il levat sus tut esturdi Cum hume ki eust mult dormi 9815

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) (the dead man) s’asist com oem esturdi Qui fust d’un grief sumpne estourmi 10885

♦numb, deprived of physical strength or sensation:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) li cheval [...] erent tut desgurdi E deboistié e esturdi D‘un mois qu'orent en mer esté 1569

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) si est le piee si estourdi et endormy qe n’ad poair d’aler nule part 80

♦fuddled, stupedfied:

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) si plein est lui cheitifs corps de viande, et si esturdie de boire est la teste, qe [...] 76

♦foolish, witless:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^3/3 ) (Tristan) Od les forces haut se tundi: ben senlle [sic] fol u esturdi! 210

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Fols est tenu e esturdiz 2096

2 name (used as a surname):

( 1084 ) Richard Estordit (var. Estordet ) Sturdy

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