afestrir (1171-74)
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afestrir (1171-74)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  fistula *3,582b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  festre (afestrir) F304 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

v.n.

1 pathol. to fester, become ulcerous or septic: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Mais l’une de ses faces idunc li afestri  (ed. a festri), Si que dedenz la buche tresqu’as denz li purri  727
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 ) La plaie comence afestrir  (ed. a festrir)  2148

p.p._as_a.

1pathol.festering, ulcerous: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ce (=concoction) garist bien cancre afestri Et festre par soi autresi  182.1053
enfestrir  festrir 
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