mesciner (c.1136-65)
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mesciner (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 6/i,599a medicina; Gdf: 5,211a meciner; GdfC: ∅; TL: 5,1332 meciner; DEAF:  mecine (meciner); DMF:  méciner; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
meciner  

v.a.

1med.to cure, treat: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  De tes morteus plaies te purrunt mesciner  1667
♦fig.to cure, save: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Francs de nature deivent estre Ki d'almes meciner sunt meistre  9154

v.n.

1med.to cure, find a remedy: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Assez i ot mires pur ly mediciner (var. (P: c.1310) mires entur lui mesciner)  2793 (var.)
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  A tel lune fet bon seigner Et de tuz malz mesciner  96

sbst._inf.

1med.medical treatment, curing: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Prierent k'il fust porté A sa maisun pur mesciner  6524
mediciner  mescinal  mescine#1  mescinement 
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