embruer (s.xiii2/4)
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embruer (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  *brekan *15/i,267a Gdf:  embroier 1 3,41a GdfC: ∅ TL: embroiier 3,68 DEAF:  broiier (embroiier)  DMF:  embroier  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
enbroer,  enbruer  

v.a.

1to soak, drench, make wet: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) mielz vaut ke vus overet la veine desouz la keville del pé e embruet les pés ovekes eawe freide  ii 155.86
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Pus raet la teste e l’enbruet oveke let de femme ke alete pucele  ii 140.23

p.p._as_a.

embrué de
1 drenched, steeped in: 
( 1332; MS: s.xivex ) il qe se combatoient [...] se entrebaiserent tout enbroez de lour sanc  308
broier 
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