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[aleescer] (1356-57)
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[aleescer] (1356-57)

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alesser  
  FEW:  laetitia *5,129b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aliesser  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

emotion to cheer, gladden, make happy: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  si ceo ne sont menestriers qe dient chanceouns et gestes ou autres reveries pur l’emperour alesser  Mandeville 374

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esleescer  leescer 
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