enmurer (s.xiiiin)
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enmurer (s.xiiiin)

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  FEW:  murus 6/iii,244b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  emmurer 9,438a TL: enmurer 3,463 DEAF:  mur (enmurer)  DMF:  emmurer  TLF:  enmurer  OED: ∅ MED:  enmured ppl.  DMLBS: ∅
 

v.a.

1build.archit.to wall, enclose with a defensive wall: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (the cave) fu de marbre e de liois Enmuré trestut enturn  1795
( MS: s.xiii )  moratur: enmurer  171
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le primer qi [...] enmura citez  4.21
2fig. to confine: 
( MS: c.1335 )  molt estoit estreitement La dame close e enmuree  iii 152.13

p.p._as_a.

1archit.walled, enclosed with a defensive wall: 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ke il le (=camp) puissent o eus porter partout ausi cum une cité enmuré  25.19
amurer#2  murer#1 
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