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encresme (s.xii2/4)
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encresme (s.xii2/4)

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encreme,  encriesme,  encrime,  encrisme  (escrime)  
  FEW:  intrepidus 4,778a Gdf:  encriesmé 3,122b GdfC: ∅ TL: encrieme 3,265 DEAF:  encrieme E188 DMF:  encrieme  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

villainous, wicke: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Suz cel nen at plus encrisme felun  Roland 1216
( c.1185 )  Brutus ot nun, Mult esteit encresme felon  Proth ANTS 472
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  un geaunt, Un encrime  (ms. escrime) feloun  Cor Lai 341
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Uns encresme tirant felun Daneis  S Edw paris ANTS 177
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