1 fundere
[CL]
1 to pour (liquid from a vessel), pour out, spill.
aquam, in qua laverant ossa, in angulo sacrarii fuderunt
[Bede HE III 11]; manibus aquam ~ere
[Eadmer V. Osw. 33 (v. deosculari a)]; corvi ‥ forte lac alumni ipsius [sc. Keivini] fuderant
[Gir. TH II 28]; vinum in calicem ~ere
[Cust. Cant. 270 (v. dealbare 5b)].
2 to found, cast (w. molten metal). b to melt down (metal). c to smelt (ore). d to fuse (sand by kilning). e to purify by melting. V. et. 2 fundare 1.
Teoðic ‥ / fundere campanas solitus
[Wulf. Swith. I 1174]; in puppibus ‥ videres ‥ delphinos electro fusos
[Enc. Emmae I 4]; Edrici qui signa ~ebat
[Chr. Battle 16v]; 1221 mercatores cum platis, mina, et argento fundito
[Pat 322]; 1325 [ (v. 2 filare)]; 1382 pro quadam campana enea in eadem forma ~enda
[ (v. forma 4b)]; 1402 item pro ‥ haustorio pro plumbo ~endo ij s. viij d.
[Ac. Durh. 216]; 1492 [ (v. electrarius)]. b [W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 62 (v. confundere 1a)]; 1280 [RBExch 1003 (v. funditorium)]; juxta fornaces ubi ~untur metalla
[Gad. 52. 2]; 1355 [ (v. 1 billio c)]. c 1201 [ (v. funtura 1)]; 1258 in carbone empto ad cineres plumbi ~endos iiij s. vj d. ob. in stipendiis cujusdam plombarii ad predictos cineres fondendos, xv s. iiij d.
[Ac. Build. Hen. III 168]; 1300 in stipendiis diversorum minatorum ~encium plumbum
[Pipe 145 r. 22]; 1300 [ (v. 1 bola)]; 1323 [ (v. bolarius a)]; 1336 boscos illos, videlicet arbores et buscam supercrescentes, ‥ custodi minere nostre ‥ pro mina inde ~enda ‥ liberari facias
[Cl 157 m. 5]; 1384 quod [stannatores] fodere possunt stannum et turbas ad stannum †findendum ubique in terris, moris et vastis nostris ‥ et emere buscam ad funturam stanni
[Cl 225 m. 47]; [SB 14 (v. cadmia)]. d 1378 in ij carectatis zabuli ~endis vj d.
[DCCant. Bartoner/55]; 1381 in iiij quart’ calcis empte ij s. in arena ~enda iij d.
[Ib. Bartoner/58]; 1397 in ccc summis calcis uste emptis vj li; in c carectatis zabuli ~endis xvj s. viij d.
[DCCant. Prior/4]. e potes eciam cum materia clare dissoluta ‥ imbibere et abluere omnes imperfectorum corporum calces et dealbare et ~ere in lunam puram
[Ripley 345].
3 to melt down, liquefy (tallow). Cf. 2 fundatio 2.
1296 in tribus petris sepi fusi ‥ in xxv petris sepi non fusi
[Ac. Galley Newcastle 174].
4 to soak (grain as part of malting process), to malt. V. et. 2 fundare 2.
c1300 in brasio fuso viij quarteria
[FormMan 37]; 1324[ (v. bracium a)]; 1325 queritur quod cum tradidit ‥ M. decem quarteria ordei ad ~endum bras[ium] ad opus suum
[CBaron 140]; 1378 idem respondet de xxv quarteriis brasei molati de remanenti anni preteriti. et de dcxxxij quarteriis iiij buss. novi brasei receptis de xxv functuris ordei fusi ut supra
[DCCant. Bartoner/55]; 1424 et de functuris fusis hoc anno ad Berthonam mccc quar.
[Ib. Bartoner/87].
5 to emit freely (from the body), pour out (breath, tears, other body fluids); b (one’s own blood). c to shed (another’s blood).
[Gildas EB 73 (v. extremus 3a)]; presbiter quoque si per cogitationem semen fuderit
[Theod. Pen. I 8. 3]; preces et lacrimas ad Dominum pro statu ecclesie fusas
[Bede HE II 6]; collum utriusque ‥ fusae madefecere lacrimae
[Enc. Emmae II 2]; lacrimas ‥ ~amus
[V. Gund. 23]; exta ~ebantur
[Ord. Vit. IX 10 (v. exta a)]; compungitur de peccatis suis et lacrymas ~it
[Ailr. Serm. 238a]; istos percussit Dominus in posteriora ‥ qui ~unt semen in terram [cf. Gen. xxxviii 9], qui manna in putredinem vertunt
[P. Blois Ep. 42. 123C]. b dira mortis supplicia passus in cruce, ~ere dignatus es sanguinem tuum preciosum pro salute omnium nostrum
[Wulf. Æthelwold 39]; [W. Newb. Serm. 900 (v. expiatrix b)]. c [Aldh. VirgV 1841 (v. digne)]; ut propter appetitum adulterae quam detestandum sciebat sanguinem ~eret prophetae quem Deo acceptum esse cognoverat
[Bede Hom. II 23. 239]; c1072 [ (v. detinere 2c)]; [DB I 26 (v. emendare 5b)]; et regni metuens honorem perdere / insontem sanguinem festinat fundere
[Walt. Wimb. Carm. 236]; s1397 congregati estis non ad fidelitatem faciendam sed ad sanguinem †meam ~endam [l. meum ~endum]
[V. Ric. II 137].
6 to bring forth, give birth to.
fudit, peperit
[GlC F 391]; dicitur enim quod leena catulos suos mortuos ~at et ipsi ad vocem patris rugientis die tercia surgant
[Hon. Spec. Eccl. 935c]; i procul ut tutos liceat michi fundere fetus
[Walt. Angl. Fab. 20. 5]; ars ista prodiit de regis camera, / hunc fetum curie fuderunt viscera
[Walt. Wimb. Palpo 14].
7 (fig.) to send out in a stream, pour forth: a (missiles); b (vapour); c (light); d (words, esp. prayers); e (abstr.).
a [Garl. Epith. VII 300 (v. dilapidare 1a)]; 1319 balistam seu arcum pro lapidibus seu pelotis terreis aut aliis nocivis ~endis
[(Pat) Foed. III 790b]. b [Felix Guthl. 24 (v. flactra)]. c fusam desuper lucem
[Bede HE IV 23 p. 257]; volatum fulmineum ‥ ~ebant
[B. V. Dunst. 11 (v. fulmineus 3)]. d ~itur pro eis oratio
[Theod. Pen. II 5. 1]; pro me tuo peregrino / preces funde Theodoro
[Ib.]; [vers. epil.]; ut ‥ orationem ~eret pro eo ad Dominum
[V. Cuthb. IV 5]; eloquium domini quaecunque volumina fundunt, / spiritus hoc sancto fudit ab ore Deus
[Epigr. Milredi 819]; [Egb. Pont. 1 (v. episcopus 2a)]; fusa ad Deum oratione
[Chr. Battle 130v]; fusis ‥ non sine lacrymarum exuberantia ad Dominum ‥ precibus
[Mir. Fridesw. 110]; sancto ‥ orationem ad Deum ~ente
[Gir. TH II 28]; 1301 fusis nobis pro ‥ Willelmo ‥ precibus
[Reg. Carl. I 139]; ‘supplex paternus’, id est qui humiliaverat se patri suo et preces ei fuderat
[Trevet Troades 25]; ~atque preces, oraciones et lacrymas ante conspectum summe clemencie Dei
[G. Hen. V 14 p. 98]. e [Walt. Angl. Fab. 57. 6 (v. dissociare a)]; 1301 subjecta ‥ rebellant, nequicie venena fu[n]dencia et laborancia ingratitudinis vicio
[Reg. Carl. I 147].
8 to expend, pour out lavishly, squander. b (w. expensas) to defray.
qui ~it regni sui bona
[Bacon V 43 (v. destructor)]. b in qua consecratione episcopus Lincolnie, Henricus Burwesch, ~ebat omnes expensas
[Hist. Durh. 1]; 1440 ceteros ‥ sumptus circa eundem palum fudit unus ‥ canonicus Herfordensis
[Cant. Coll. Ox. II 157].
9 (fig.) to flow smoothly into.
fundit apex humeros, pressum tegit ubera pectus, / ilia succingit levitas tractusque lacertos
[J. Exon. BT IV 186].
10 (pass., of person) to be stretched out, prostrate.
ad cujus pedes fusus optinet ut abbati presentetur
[Gosc. Transl. Mild. 21 p. 184].
2 fundere
[cf. Fr. foncer]
, to sink (a mine-shaft).
1350 [ (v. carbo 2b)].