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asseger (1155)
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asseger (1155)

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acegir;  anseger,  ansegir;  aseger,  asegier,  asieger,  asiegier,  asiger;  assegere,  assegger,  assegir,  assejer,  assieger,  assiger;  enseger,  ensegier,  ensegir,  ensiger;  esseger  
  FEW:  sedicare 11,409b Gdf:  assegier 1,427a / ensegier 3,230a GdfC:  asegier 8,198a TL: assegier 1,571 / ensegier 3,510 DEAF:  siege (assegier)  / siege (ensegier)  / siege (essegier)  DMF:  assiéger  TLF:  assiéger  OED:  assiege v.  MED:  as(s)egen v.  DMLBS:  assegiare 139c
v.trans.to besiege ♦ to invest, surround
p.pr. as s.besieger
p.p. as a.beset

v.trans.

mil.to besiege: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Androgeus le rei cremeit, Ki Lundres aseger vuleit  Brut WACE 4544
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  obsidere .i. ‘assegger’  Gloss Sidon 145.112
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  De totes parz asseja il Samaire  Anc Test (E) 14761
( MS: s.xiii1 )  insidiatur: (D) seit acegi (var. (R: s.xiii1) seyt ansegi)  Gloss Nequam1 247
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Roilas […] Assege une feiz cele cité  Mir N-D 235.7
( MS: s.xiii )  incidiatur: seyt ensegé  TLL ii 121.69
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Il (=Saracens) ont ensegié Rome, m’admirable citee  Dest Rome1 1393
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  nostre alme ke diables avoient essegee (var. (BN: s.xivin) assegé) en un chastel  Ancren2 143.5
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  l’emperour assegea la citee de Florence  TREVET Cron1 349.17
( 1343-50 )  le roy assembla host et assega le chastel  Cron Lond1 42.23
♦mil.to invest, surround: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  enseggerent tote la foreste tot entour  Fouke ANTS 28.16

p.pr. as s.

mil.besieger: 
( MS: s.xiii )  obsidentium: des assegauns  TLL ii 93.69

p.p. as a.

emotionbeset: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Li dolerus pecchour issi assegé en (var. (Bd: c.1300) de) tant de tristur  Ancren2 57.22

See also:

asseer  rasseger  seger1 
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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