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aphaleiser (c.1230)
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The form enfalessé is a cross reference to the following entry:

aphaleiser (c.1230)

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enfalesser  
  FEW:  *falisa *15/ii,104a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  falise (*afaliser)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to throw from a cliff: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  Que tuz les ad decolés E pus les cors aphaleisés  Dermot2 1481

v.intrans.

to fall from a cliff: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  le chival […] par defaute de garde poet estre enfalessé  HENLEY2 272.c26

See also:

faleise  faleiser 
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