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esclenc (1113-19)

The form engleing is a cross reference to the following entry:

esclenc (1113-19)

eclenc;  engleing;  eschlenc,  esclem,  escleng,  esclenge,  esclenk,  esclent;  esgleng,  esglent;  eslink  (esclenku  Chirom 223v20)  
  FEW:  *slink 17,148b Gdf:  esclenc 3,404a GdfC: TL: esclenc 3,923 DEAF:  esclenc  DMF:  esclenc  TLF: OED:  askance adv. 2  MED:  ascaunce adv., conj  DMLBS:  esclenca 802a

a.

1slanting, oblique
( MS: s.xiiiex )  les unes lignes des natureles sont tant solement dreites, les autres esclenkes  Chiromancies tlm 47.3
2bent, twisted
( MS: s.xiiiex ) obliquata: (C) esclenc (var. (L: s.xiii) esclem, returné )  TLL ii 42 82
en esclenc
aslant, obliquely
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E ço est Zodiacus Chi en esclem vait sus: Cancer est al chef la sus, Capricornus est jus  Comput ANTS 398
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  (adding together the distances between heavenly bodies to obtain the height of the firmament) Assumez ço tut en un fil, Si averez cent e trente mil E trois cent e seisante e cinc Des liwes muntant en esclenc  Pet Phil 2030
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  drapel de lin [...] seit mis entre la dure mere e le tes en botaunt d’une penne en esclent  A-N Med i 137
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  in obliquo: (L) enn eclenc (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) en esclés)  TLL ii 77.161
sideways
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  bestourner la bouche, tresturner les eoilz en esclenc  Ancren1 139.12
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