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deslacer (c.1170)
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deslacer (c.1170)

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deslacier;  delacer,  dilacer  
  FEW:  laqueare 2/i,604b Gdf:  deslachier 2,603b GdfC:  deslacier 9,343a TL: deslacier 2,1627 DEAF:  lacier (deslacier)  DMF:  délacer  TLF:  délacer  OED:  delace v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to untie, unlace: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Curt mauntel out el col, l’atache deslacee  Horn 450
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Deslacent aventailles, heumes e chapeus  S Aub 1469
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Deslacez, valet, toust ta renge (M.E. yer gurdel)  BIBB ROTH (G) 767
♦to untie, release from bonds: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  cil l’ont deslacé e saisi maintenant Pur ramener a l’host  LANGTOFT thiol2 361.1936
2to open up, disentangle: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  L’espés runcerei deslacerent E vers le seint chef s’aprocherent  S Edm Life ANTS 2785
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