englutir (s.xii1)
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englutir (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 4,172a gluttire; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,466b englotir; TL: 3,391 englotir; DEAF: G894 glotir (englotir); DMF:  engloutir; TLF: ∅; OED:  englut v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1370c ingluttire ]
englotir,  engloutir,  englouter  

v.a.

1to swallow: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  absorbuit: englotit  i 30
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Crotes de lievre engloute [...] en ses flors  22va
♦to swallow up, engulf: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Kar humiliede est en puldre la nostre aneme, englutiz est en terre nostre ventre (Latin:  conglutinatus est in terra venter noster)  68.43.27
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Mes terre tantost l’englutist  511
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Celui qi tout transgloute les pecchés de cest monde et de touz les mals englout mervaillousement et a plentee  95

v.n.

1to be consumed, swallowed up: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  (The Devil’s disciples) Coveitise unt es queors dunt il engruté sunt (var. (N: s.xiiim) engloterunt)  742
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