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intorquere [CL] 1 to churn, stir up. ignis accensus turbine aeris concitati et intorti Balsh. AD rec. 2 175. 2 to twist in a plait. b to wind round. c (crux intorta, her.) corded or wreathed cross. capillo ‥ filis aureis pulchre intorto W. Malm. GR II 134 p. 148; intortis virgulis R. Cold. Godr. 107; in cujus medietate cujusdam fili grossioris intorti lineaturam intexerat Ib. 153.  b alter vestem lineam collo ejus intorserat, alter flagris terga expoliati urgebat W. Malm. GR III 235 p. 292; [Aesculapius] cujus manus ‥ sinistra ‥ baculum cum serpente gestabat intorto Deorum Imag. 20.  c crux aurei et aerei coloris intorta Spelman Asp. 102. 3 to twist, wrench (body or part of body). b to contort, roll (eye). c (w. ad) to turn (one’s gaze) upon (in quot., in fig. context). spumante equo intorto collo turgidus ferebatur R. Cold. Cuthb. 67; volo, sicut luctator, ~ere [ME: wrenchen] in illam partem ad quam se magis trahit et proicere eum ex parte illa AncrR 80.  b sanguineos ~ens oculos Osb. V. Dunst. 27 (v. 1 ganea 2); felleos ‥ ~ere oculos W. Malm. Wulfst. II 5 (v. felleus d).  c ille [sc. homo] brutum quiddam desipuit ‥ non Minerve virtutem, non Junonis divitias respiciens, sed ad libidinem visus intorsit Alb. Lond. DG 11. 23. 4 to hurl, throw (missile; also fig.). b to hurl (word, insult, or accusation), to inflict (penalty). venenata garrulorum jacula, quae de faretra obliqui livoris plerumque ~ere nituntur Aldh. Met. 142 (143) p. 201; contra hos et illos divini verbi jacula ~entes Alcuin Liturg. 482A; in omnem illum pestiferum cetum Dominici verbi ‥ ardentia intorsit tela Gosc. Transl. Mild. 37 p. 209; cum ‥ fulmen excommunicationis intorsisset W. Malm. GP I 53 p. 100; funda lapidem ~ens fronti gentilis illisit Ib. III 100 p. 215.  b matrona ‥ indignantia verba in sanctum intorsit V. Kenelmi B f. 82rb; terribiliter ~ens in violatores ‥ perpetui anathematis ultionem W. Malm. GR II 149 p. 168n; crudeles minas ~ens Id. GP I 50 p. 94; 1156 cum admissi mei factum ‥ exprimunt, hec in caput meum ~ent J. Sal. Ep. 115 (19); 1172 presumpserat in personam ejus anathematis ~ere sententiam Arnulf Ep. 84; in regem ‥ avaritie notam ~ens Gir. IK II 12; mirantur ‥ tale improperium tanto principi ab homine tali fuisse intortum Ad. Eyns. Hug. III 10 p. 117.

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