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enlever (s.xii3/4)

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enlever (s.xii3/4)

enliever  
  FEW:  levare 5,277a Gdf:  enlever 3,196b GdfC:  enlever 9,471b TL: enlever 3,443 DEAF:  lever (enlever)  DMF:  enlever  TLF:  enlever  OED:  enleve v.  MED:  enleved ppl.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to lift up, raise
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  grace si est dun Ki [...] la (=the soul) refurme [...] E la leve (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) enlieve) a la haute vie  5332 (var.)
2 to raise, bring up, foster
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim ) seint Espir, que bien la guie, Ki l'ad levee (var. (W: s.xivin) Ky l'ad enlevé ) e choisie  2500 (var.)

v.refl.

to rise, get up
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  deuz lyons [...] se cogerent Auprés du cors, e weymenterent La mort le seint [...]; E pus s’enlevent e fount ouverture De la pouhe en la tere  254

p.pr. as a.

rising, becoming more intense
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 ) Cume 'consurgens temptatio' en latin escrit, Et çoe est a dire 'enlevante temptaciun' Ke Auntecrist fra par sa predicaciun  3011

p.p. as a.

raised, carved or embossed in relief
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Sotil[le] fut l’entaille des overes enlevees, A bestes e a veignes e as flurs enversees  4312
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et touz les murs par dedeinz sont covertz d’or et d’argent en plate, et en celles plates y a histoires et batailles des chivalerz enleveez  345

See also:

alever1  eslever1  lever1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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