asservir1 (s.xiii4/4)
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asservir1 (s.xiii4/4)

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[ FEW: 11,549b servus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,201b aservir; TL: 1,588 asservir; DEAF:  serf (*); DMF:  asservir 1; TLF:  asservir; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
aservir;  enservir,  enserver  

v.a.

1to make subject, servile: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  par seygnorye Aservent Seynt Eglyse qe Deu ad enfranchye  374.1244
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  quant l’en travaille franc homme pur enservir son sanc  76
♦lawto impose servile obligations upon: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ceux qi poent le soil enserver  i 359

p.p._as_a.

1lawservile: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  acunes apurteynaunces sount fraunches, et acunes enserveez  i 359
♦fig.enslaved: 
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mes ore est (=the Church) enservie, E tant avilie  169.19
servir 
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