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ensevelir (s.xii1/3)
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The form encevelir is a cross reference to the following entry:

ensevelir (s.xii1/3)

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encevelir;  ensepelir;  enseveiler,  enseveiller,  enseveilir;  enseveler,  ensevellir;  (essevillir  Legendary 99.138)  
  FEW:  sepelire 11,477a Gdf:  ensevellier 3,236c GdfC:  ensevelir 9,478c TL: ensevelir 3,529 DEAF:  sevelir (ensevelir)  DMF:  ensevelir  TLF:  ensevelir  OED: ∅ MED:  ensevelen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to inter, bury, place in a grave or tomb: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E cist laissent al mort Ensevelir le mort  Best ants 1296
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Enz en Croilande l’ensevelirent (var. (R: s.xiv1) ensepelirent), Le cors de lui tres bien cherirent  GAIMAR1 5727
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Car en voz braz quidai murrir, En un sarcu enseveili  Trist thomas2 2920
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Jerusalem [...] la fu le pais le Saveur, e la sufri il mort pur restorer le mund, e la fu il enseveli  Iter paris 181
2to wrap in a shroud (for burial): 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  'Johanz', dist ele, 'tien cez dras Dont ensevelir me feras'  Conception wace 1420
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Sur la biere culchent le rei Que portouent li palefrei. E[n]seveliz fud d’un tiret  GAIMAR1 6393
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Li cors qui el sarcu present Soi jut, enseveli sovin, Voianz toz soi virot enclin  Dial Greg SATF 11577
3liturgicalto perform obsequies for: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Tut autrement l’ensevelirent (=William Rufus at Winchester) Que li barun n’aveient fait La u Walter ot a lui trait  GAIMAR1 6424

v. refl.

to become effaced by, be absorbed by: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  (Chyrysoprasus) La noit cume fou esclarzist, Lu jur en or s’ensevelist  Lapid 68.936

sbst. inf.

burial: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Aprés l’ ensevelir ly duc se desevrerent  Rom Chev ANTS 8028

See also:

sevelir 
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