encepper (s.xii2)
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encepper (s.xii2)

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  FEW:  cippus 2/i,691b Gdf:  enceper 1 3,88c GdfC: ∅ TL: enceper 3,177 DEAF:  cep (enceper)  DMF:  enceper  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  incippare 1296a
enceper  

v.a.

1to put in the stocks, lock by the ankles in a wooden device and subject to public punishment and humiliation: 
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 ) En cel laz et en cel cep qu'il fisent furent il laciet et encepet  140.390
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  Bien lyt a chescun franc homme encepper son vileyn et ne mie mettre en fers  124
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  bien list al tenaunt de amener et de encepper et de chacer [...] soen vileyn  i 323
cep  cepper#1 
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