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[ensaimer] (c.1145)
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[ensaimer] (c.1145)

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ensaimier,  enssaimer  (esaimer (l. e[n]saimer?),  essaimer)  
  FEW:  sagina 11,55b Gdf:  ensaimer 3,227a / essaimer 3,564c GdfC: ∅ TL: essäimer 3,1289 / ensäimer 3,506 DEAF:  saïm (ensaïmer)  / saïm (essaïmer)  DMF:  ensaimer  / essaimer 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  essaimare 804a

Some spelling forms (and the existence of the English verb enseam v.) suggest that ensaimer and essaimer2 were confused, even though they mean exactly the opposite.

v.trans.

to fatten: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Engraissiez est li amez e recalcitrat, engraissiez, esaimez (l. e[n]saimer?), ensampliz (Latin: Incrassatus est dilectus et recalcitravit, incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus)  Camb Ps 274.22
( MS: c.1145 ) encraissiez, enssaimez (var. (C: s.xiim) ensaimiez;  (P: s.xii4/4) essaimez ), essampliz  Oxf Ps1 244.22

See also:

essaimer1  saimer 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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