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encumbrus (1139-50)

encumbrus (1139-50)

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

a.

burdening, weighing down
( s.xiv1/3?; 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  Allegory Monastic 7
clogged up, over-used
( 1139-50; MS: s.xiiex )  Li quarz (=main road in England) si est mult encumbrus; Cest chemin est Fosse apelez, Si vait par multes citez  Description Verse 246
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encumbrus