orbeisun (c.1170)
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orbeisun (c.1170)

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[ gdw]

  FEW:  orbus 7,390b Gdf:  orbeisun 6,614b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  orbe 3 (orbaison)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
orbeysoun;  orbisoun  

This rare word is not attested outside Anglo-Norman.

s.

1darkness, obscurity: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Lors fu avalee e mis en prison. En orbeysoun fit oreyson  34.120
( s.xivin; MS: c.1330 )  Lors pot l'em ver par clareté [...] De menuz pecchez apparisaunz Ke en orbisouns tapirent avant  28.64
faire orbeisun
1to darken, dim: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne pris pas feu d'estreim, tost fet defectiun, Mut tost est alumé e tost fet orbeisun  2446
orb  orbetté 
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