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[clarcir] (s.xii/xiii)
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[clarcir] (s.xii/xiii)

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clarsir;  clercir,  clersir  
  FEW:  clarus 2/i,743b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: clarcir 2,462 DEAF:  cler (clarcir)  DMF:  claircir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1 to light up, make bright: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Assit etiam nimphula cuius facies thalamum serenet (gloss: clersit)  TLL i 182.65 and ii 98.65
2to make clear: 
( MS: s.xv )  A clarsir voys […]  Five Med MSS 163.E506
♦to clarify, purify: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  Habeat etiam pollentrudium et taratantarum, ut illo pollen eliquatur, illo servisia coletur, specificetur (gloss: clerci), specificetur et purgetur  TLL i 186.159 and ii 89.159

p.p. as a.

clear, fine, pure: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  delicatum (gloss: clersit) ut bissus, frigiditatem cristalli excedat  TLL i 183.68 and ii 99.68

See also:

clarer  clarifier  enclarcir  esclarcir 
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