rendre ame
Middle French
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (euphemistic) to die
- c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
- la pointe du coutelet qui le toucha a la gorge, moult petit feust-ce, mais ce fut une vaine, tantost il se tourna d'autre part et la rendi ame
- the point of the knife that was touching his throat was very small, but cut a vain, and as soon as he turned round he died
Descendants
[edit]- French: rendre l’âme