enlier1 (s.xii1)

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enlier1 (s.xii1)

[ FEW: 5,328a ligare; Gdf: 3,197a enlier 2; GdfC: ; TL: 3,444 enliier; DEAF: ; DMF:  enlier; TLF:  enlier; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

v.a.

1to bind, ensnare
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  il ne sunt nent repelable Tant les enliet li diable  10260

v.n.

1to become tied
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ben sent la mort ki lui fud pres [...] La lange li veit enliant  3587

v.refl.

1to bind oneself
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (as a result of envy:) hom s’enliet malement A pardurable dampnement  7991

p.p._as_a.

1 bound, tied up
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Il sunt enliet e chairent, mais nus levames e sumes esdrecet  53.19.9
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