priembre

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin premere.

Verb

priembre

  1. to press (apply physical pressure)
    • 14th century, Guillaume, Clerc de Normandie, Le bestiaire divin:
      Lun de ses oreilles prient a la terre moult durement
      They press one of his ears to the ground very hard.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Danish: prente
  • English: print
  • Middle Low German: prenten
  • Norwegian: prente

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