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enferger (s.xii3/4)
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enferger (s.xii3/4)

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enfergir;  enfierger;  enfirgeir,  enfirger,  enfirgir  
  FEW:  ferrea 3,469b Gdf:  enfergier 3,145b GdfC: ∅ TL: enfergier 3,327 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  enferger  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to fetter: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ceaux [...] fet [...] metre en buies e en fer enfirger  Rom Chev ANTS 2024
( MS: s.xiii )  compediti: enfergés  TLL ii 122
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les uns en charettes, enfergés les pez  LANGTOFT thiol2 323.994
( MS: s.xiiiex )  compeditos: e[n]firgeys  TLL i 41
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  compediti: (D) enfergis (var. (C: xiii2) les firgez; (L: xiii/xiv) enfirgis)  TLL ii 72
♦to fetter, imprison: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  compediti: (R) enfirgé (var. (J: s.xiii1) les prisuns)  Gloss Nequam1 248.71
( s.xiv )  Et si ensi est qe le mestre enfierge un de ses maryners [...]  Oak Book ii 74
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