desmedler (1160-74)
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desmedler (1160-74)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  misculare 6/ii,161b Gdf:  desmesler 2,611a GdfC:  desmesler 9,346c TL: desmesler  DEAF: ∅ DMF:  démêler  TLF:  démêler  OED:  dismeddle v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
demesler;  desmeller  

v.a.

1 to disentangle: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Saillent as nefs, lur ancre traient, Cordes desmedlent, veilles tendent  i 204.1157
2 to resolve, rectify, work out: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  diables sei esvigura De remetre es reis la meslee, Qui ne pot estre demeslee Devant ço que l’uns d’els murut  164
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