† porfendv.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French purfendre, porfendre, pourfendre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purfendre , porfendre and Middle French pourfendre to cleave completely (c1165 in Old French as porfendu , past participle; French pourfendre ) < pur- , por- , pour- pur- prefix + fendre (see fent n.).

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To cleave or split through.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)]

to-cleavec888

cleavea1100

forcleavec1290

shidec1315

rivec1330

sheara1340

carvec1374

slivea1400

thrusche1483

porfend1490

splet1530

share?1566

spleet1585

splint1591

split1595

diverberate1609

fissure1656

spall1841

balkanize1942

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) vii. 28 The goode swerde entred in to the brayne porfended, and cloue his hed vnto the chynne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	porfend
释义	† porfendv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French purfendre, porfendre, pourfendre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purfendre , porfendre and Middle French pourfendre to cleave completely (c1165 in Old French as porfendu , past participle; French pourfendre ) < pur- , por- , pour- pur- prefix + fendre (see fent n.). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To cleave or split through. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)] to-cleavec888 cleavea1100 forcleavec1290 shidec1315 rivec1330 sheara1340 carvec1374 slivea1400 thrusche1483 porfend1490 splet1530 share?1566 spleet1585 splint1591 split1595 diverberate1609 fissure1656 spall1841 balkanize1942 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) vii. 28 The goode swerde entred in to the brayne porfended, and cloue his hed vnto the chynne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1490
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