engaiter (s.xiiex)
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engaiter (s.xiiex)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  *wahta *17,451b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  gaitier (*) G61 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
engatir;  enguater,  enguetir  

v.a.

1 to watch over, keep an eye on: 
( MS: s.xiv ) circumspectio: la virun engat  ii 58.78
♦ livestock to watch over (animals), herd: 
( 1313 ) vous dioms qe nous enchasames nos bestes levauns et couchaunts sur mesme la terre en nostre commune et engatisaunt (l. en gatisaunt?) nos bestes si les prist  Ed II xiv.ii 119
2 to watch, observe: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 ) vus menbre del seneschal? [...] en vostre chambre nus enguatat E l’endemain nus encusat  723
3to lie in wait for: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Auceps insidiatur gloss: enguetit avibus in nemore  i 201.71 and ii 152.71
agaiter  engait#1  gaiter 
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