purtendre (c.1136-65)

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purtendre (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  tendere 13,199b Gdf:  portendre 6,315c GdfC: TL: portendre 7,1585 DEAF:  tendre (portendre)  DMF:  pourtendre  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  protendere 2535a
portendre  

While the Latin verb portendere ('to portend') did exist (DMLBS 2354b), the sense of the AN purtendre seems to have derived from protendere.

v.a.

1 to spread (out), extend
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  De cordes ad teissu sun lit [...]. De tapiz peinz l'at portendu, Ki d'Egipte li sunt venu  4835
( c.1185 )  riche tref, Ben atachee et ben bordee, Ben purtendue  1412
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Li covoitous, quant s’aparçoit Que pres de luy jofne homme soit, Q’est riche des possessions Et innocent, lors en destroit Son cuer remaint comment pourroit Ses retz pourtendre a tieux buissons  6234

v.refl.

1 to spread out, disperse, scatter
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Car plus de .v. cent Sarazin [...] Se sunt environ es logiez e portendu  2326

p.p._as_a.

1 stretched, extended
( MS: c.1320-40 ) qy long nees ad, purtendu a la bouche, prous est e hardys  92v
contendre  destendre#2  entendre#2  estendre#1  partendre  protendre  pur#2  tendre#1 
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