Talk:preindre

Verification debate

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preindre

Rfv-sense: Old French "to press". The Godefroy gives it as an alternative form of prendre but does not give prendre to mean to press. Therefore I'd like at least one citation (CFI says three, but there's relatively little material to work from). Mglovesfun (talk) 15:55, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

There's some indirect evidence; preignant seems to mean pressing (as an adjective). Please give me a week more to try, as so far I've only checked dictionaries. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:04, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

In future, it might make sense not to tag and list Old French words until after you've done your own checking. But sure, I can wait. (BTW, it is in some dictionaries, e.g. here, and it's mentioned as an etymon in some English dictionaries, e.g. here.) —Ruakh_TALK 12:22, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh MANY RUDE WORDS, preindre is in the Godefroy twice, one definition says "voir PRENDRE" and the other gives the meaning to press. Sigh, sorry. It gives five citations, I shall copy just one up. Mainly because I can't work out their system of references. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Striking: de-tagged by nominator. —Ruakh_TALK 14:27, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

In response to the verification debate

• Now that {{R:Godefroy}} links to a full online version of the dictionary, anyone can read the citations. None of them actually use preindre, only conjugated forms, so the infinitive seems to be wholly unattested. I feel that should be mentioned in the entry. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:43, 23 January 2011 (UTC)