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enfermer1 (c.1165)
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enfermer1 (c.1165)

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anfermer  
  FEW:  firmare 3,574a Gdf:  enfermer 2 3,146a GdfC:  enfermer 9,461a TL: enfermer 2 3,329 DEAF:  fermer (enfermer)  DMF:  enfermer 1  TLF:  enfermer  OED:  enferme v.  MED:  enfermen v.  DMLBS:  infirmare 2 1356b

v.trans.

to shut in, lock up: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  La meschine bien les gardat, En un cofre les anfermat  marie Lais 53.304
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Fist li rois Alisandre le fier Gog e Magog si enfermer Ke il ne poent issir ne passer  Pet Phil 559
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  De une cheigne la fist lier En une prisone e enfermer  boz Seven Poems 86.46

v.refl.

monasticeccl.to become a monastic: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] a religion sei enfermer  Ancren2 244-5

See also:

fermer2 
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