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esfowir (s.xii1)
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esfowir (s.xii1)

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effoir,  effouir,  effowir  
  FEW:  fodere 3,663b Gdf:  effouir 3,12b / esfoir 1 3,455a GdfC: ∅ TL: esföir 1 3,1040 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  effouir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  effodere 1 752c

v.trans.

to dig up, exhume: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Le cors ausi le rey Haraud fist effoir hors de Westmouster e en Tamise geter  Reis Engl1 114.11
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  l'abbé Eiluuard le fist effowir et trova le cors tut enter  Reis Engl1 80.29

v.absol.

to dig up, destroy: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Esfowed, esfowed (Latin: Effodite, effodite) juske al fundement de li  Camb Ps 244.CXXXVI.7
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