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encumbrus (1139-50)

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encumbrus (1139-50)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,939b *comboros; Gdf: 3,112a encombros; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,228 encombros; DEAF: ∅; DMF: encombreux; TLF: ∅; OED: encumbrous adj.; MED: encombrous adj.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

encombrus

a.

1burdening, weighing down:

( s.xiv^1/3?; MS: c.1330 ) Pur veintre l’encombrus pecché de Tristesce ke honist corps e alme covient grant force a deboter le taunt cum vous poez 7

♦clogged up, over-used:

( 1139-50; MS: s.xii^ex ) Li quarz (=main road in England) si est mult encumbrus; Cest chemin est Fosse apelez, Si vait par multes citez 246

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