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saevire [CL] 1 (of person) to behave ferociously or savagely, to rage. b (w. prep. & acc.) to vent one's rage on, to rage or take savage action against; c (transf., of conduct). d (w. ad & gdv. or verbal noun) to rage so as to. e (in weakened sense) to act harshly or sternly, to take harsh or stern action (against, w. in & acc.). trucidabam mole tirannum / cum cuperent olim gentis saevire falanges Aldh. Aen. 74 (Fundibalum) 5; †senente [l. saeviente], furente GlC 163a; s1066 dum [Willelmus] ubique ~it ‥ tres equos ‥ sub se confossos ‥ amisit W. Malm. GR III 244; frequentius tamen, quum [Mars] ~iret, Gradivus; quum tranquillus esset, Quirinus dicebatur Alb. Lond. DG 11. 10. b inlusus ‥ ~it Herodes adversus Christum Theod. Laterc. 15; haud secus in divos ‥ / ‥ saevit regnator Olimpi Aldh. VirgV 1368; itaque fustibus et subselliorum ‥ fragminibus diu in eas [mures] ~itum, nec quicquam profectum W. Malm. GR III 290; hic [phariseus] ‥ dum ‥ in Christianos ‥ ~iret Ord. Vit. II 3 p. 238; qua [ferula] velut in ipsum ~iens minabatur percutere manum suam V. Edm. Rich P 1787B. c porcinus paganorum strepitus contra immunem ecclesiae castitatem ~iens [gl.: irascens] Aldh. VirgP 45; cum perfidorum principum mandata adversum Christianos ~irent Bede HE I 7; c1198 fraus, fastus, et cupiditas / innascuntur Germanie, / triplex cujus immanitas / in regem [sc. Ricardum] sevit Anglie (Pol. Poems) EHR V 320. d pater Medeae ‥ tales habuisse dentes describitur, ut si quis eos ‥ sevisset, inde armati prosilirent homines ad interfectionem ~ientes Lib. Monstr. III 16; quamvis ~irent ad deprimendam ecclesie navem maris fluctus Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 52. e affuit pro hac culpa ‥ Deus, misericorditer ubique ~iens, et omnes ejus dulcedines amarissimis offensionibus offuscans W. Malm. GR IV 389; sunt ‥ casus ‥ in quibus regi politice dominanti, eciam regaliter in quosdam populi sui licet quandoque et expedit ~ire Fortescue NLN I 25. 2 (of animal) to act ferociously, rage, (also w. in & acc.) to rage against, set upon ferociously; b (used to represent the growling of bears). illam [feram] sautiam et dolore acrius ~ientem in principem irruisse W. Malm. GR IV 373; anguem ‥ in hominem seu bestiam ~iendo ‥ adventum indicare Gir. TH I 36. b ursi urgant vel saeviunt [v. l. seviunt] Aldh. PR 131; to cry ‥ ursorum vercare vel ~ire, volpium gannire ‥ CathA. 3 (of natural force or phenomenon) to rage, bluster. gravis de caelo vindicta flammis ~ientibus praeparata est Bede HE IV 23 p. 265; furentibus austris, ~ientibus ventis GlC F 431.

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