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alever1 (c.1136-37)
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alever1 (c.1136-37)

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aliever,  allever  
  FEW:  allevare 24,330a Gdf:  alever 1,219a GdfC: ∅ TL: alever 1,300 DEAF:  alever  / lever (alever)  DMF:  alever  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  allevare 65c

v.trans.

1 to lift up, raise: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Jesus [...] Desques al ciel est alevé  Mirur3 8894
♦ to raise, glorify, exalt: 
( 1200-50; MS: s.xiiim )  Pur alever partud sainte cristienté  Pol Songs 118.6
2to raise, bring up, foster: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Les dous vadlez lui comanderent [...] Cil les reçut pur bien nurir, Pur alever e pur [espeldrir]  GAIMAR1 4504
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Saint T. […] fu […] Des baruns de la cit estraiz e alevez  Becket1 168
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  sa mesnee, Qu’il ot nurri[e] e alevee  S Modw 8126
3to raise (a matter): 
( 1318; MS: s.xv )  Et allevera en soun roll lez cariagez et portagez [...]  Ord York 247
4 to set up, establish: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Bones custumes alevat, Tuz ses veisins vers sei clinat  GAIMAR1 3573
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Tante manere jeu ont donc alevé, Tant bel curs atanty, quintines affermé  Rom Chev ANTS 126
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Et alever  (ed. aleuer) em (=en) teste la greve (M.E. And to rayse schede in the hede)  Nominale 365
♦ tax to raise, levy (taxes): 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  maistre recevur de tuz les treuz ki aleverent del lignage Joseph a l’oes lu rei  Liv Reis1 139
( c.1365 )  il a allevé nouvelle coustume pour son singulier prouffit  Blk Bk Adm 72
♦ to instigate, provoke: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ki sa boche eshauce e eslieve (=exalt), Trebuchement quiert e alieve  Salemon 10314

v.intrans.

1to spring up: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  li tempestez Ki sur la nef est alevez  Mirur2 3253
♦to arise, break out: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  subitement est alevee Entre els une fere medlee  Mirur1 138vb30
2 to rise up, revolt: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li chastels [...] Ço signefie tut le mund Qui encuntre Deu est alevez Par orgoil  Mirur2 806
alever de
to arise from, pertain to: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  dunai li tutes les choses ki alievent des sacrefises as fiz Israel  Liv Reis1 8

See also:

enlever  eslever1  lever1 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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