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enlacement (c.1136-65)
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enlacement (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  laqueare 5,179a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  enlacement 9,470c TL: enlacement 3,438 DEAF:  lacier (enlacement)  DMF:  enlacement  TLF:  enlacement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1archit.lattice-work: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  desure (=above the capital) out dous ordres envirun de uns enlacemenz; de set pleiz fud li uns e li altres laceiz  Liv Reis1 126
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ne vus os dire [...] Tuz les enginz ne l’enlacement Ne les merveilles qui sunt el paviment  Anc Test (B) 13076
2entanglement, ensnarement, entrapment: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Gangleresse moiller [...] Pleine de malx enlacemenz (Latin: plenaque illecebris), Ne set rien fors deceivre genz  Salemon 5805
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  desliuns les enlacemenz dé  (ed. de) pecchiez  Joshua Sermons ii 23

See also:

enlacer  eslacement  lacement 
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