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anercir (s.xiii2/4)
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anercir (s.xiii2/4)

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aneircir,  enercir,  ennercir,  enneyrsir,  esnercir  
  FEW:  *nigricire 7,138a Gdf:  ennoircir 3,208a GdfC: ∅ TL: ennercir 3,467 DEAF:  noir (anerciier)  / noir (anercir)  / noir (ennercer)  / noir (ennercir)  DMF:  ennoircir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1colourto blacken, make turn black: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  si la char est dure, perse e anercie  A-N Med i 57
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Si il [...] ne enneyrsist le lu ou il gist sur la plate [...]  Alchimie 388.41
♦fig.blacken, sully: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  cil ki al ost se alentist Sa fame grantment anercist  Chev Dé 282
2to darken: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: 1255 )  li soleil est ennerciz (var. (B: s.xiii4/4) est fete neir; (C: s.xivin) fet neyr) ausi come sac de heire, e la lune est devenue vermeile comme sanc  Apoc Prose 31

v.intrans.

1colourto turn black: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Une autre manere de gent i ad ki sunt chanuz en lur juvente e enercissent en lur veillesce  Liv Regions 28
2to grow dark: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1 )  E le jour enercira  Evang1 405
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Et la lune pale serra Quant le jour ennercira, Car le mounde fremera  Am Dieu (A) 447

See also:

aneirer 
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