The word en in the sentence clearly indicates the action opposes an outside entity and is not a self-directed action.
I can't actually guarantee that it does, in Old French! A bunch of the pronouns and prepositions and adverbs shift around mysteriously, meaning nine hundred different things and sometimes just showing up for fun or emphasis or stress patterns.
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Date: 2010-06-02 05:34 am (UTC)I can't actually guarantee that it does, in Old French! A bunch of the pronouns and prepositions and adverbs shift around mysteriously, meaning nine hundred different things and sometimes just showing up for fun or emphasis or stress patterns.