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enserrer (1121-25)
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enserrer (1121-25)

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enserer;  inserrer, 
(pr.p. ensarant  Dulcis Harley 59)  
  FEW:  serare 11,500b / inserere 4,711b Gdf:  enserrer 3,236a GdfC:  enserrer 9,478c / inserer 10,19c TL: enserrer 3,527 / inserer 4,1404 DEAF:  serrer (enserrer)  / inserer I305 DMF:  enserrer  / insérer  TLF:  enserrer 1  OED:  insere v.  MED:  inseren v.  DMLBS:  inserere 2 1401b

v.trans.

1to lock up: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Li gupilz signefie Diable [...]: A gent en carn vivant Demustre mort semblant Tant que en mal sunt entré En sa buche enserré  Best ants 1802
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Par covenant en doit tut son voler fere, Mes nel mette en prison n’en anels n’enserre  Rom Chev ANTS 5334
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  chartres, escriz loiaux, tresor e teles choses enserrees  Mir Just 150
♦to confine: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  [...] la fier[e] vengeisons Paront Alisandre destruit les males nacions E enclost e enserra vint e deus regions  Rom Chev ANTS 6525
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  L’ewe clot e enserre, Si decurt par desuz tere  Div Mun 259
♦to shut, close: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  la recluse [...] ne vout pas fermer ses (var. (BN: s.xivin) les) fenestres de ses euz, ne ses euz en serrez (l. enserrer) encountre la greve mort de l’alme  Ancren2 177.15
2to embed: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  darz Qu’el dur fust serré (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) enserré ) esteyent  S Edm Life ANTS 2461 (var.)
3to include: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  O payn[e] purra avenyr Ke l’em peusse sustenyr Le cors en chose bosoynable, Ke delyt ne ensere chalaungable  S Fran ANTS 1898

v.intrans.

to be inserted, embedded: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  un mortayse ou le pee de la croiz y enserroit (var. (E: s.xiv1) inserroit)  Passion BVM2 100.5

v.refl.

eccl.monasticto shut oneself up, live encloistered: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  recluses e noneins [...] ke se font (var. (BN: s.xivin) sunt) enserrez contre le leon de enfern  Ancren2 245.13
♦to be confined: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Par ces veines (=in the ground) l’ewe s’enserre, E aruse la secke terre  Pet Phil 389

p.p. as a.

1eccl.monasticreclusive, living encloistered: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  recluses e noneins [...] ke se font (var. sont) enserrez contre le leon de enfern  Ancren2 245.13
2fig.emotionconcerned, anxious: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Des dous (=missing monks) sevent cum unt erret, Mais de cest terz sunt enserret  S Brend mup 1498
3in distress, in dire straits: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Suvent lur dist cum unt erret, U furent bien u enserret  S Brend mup 1822

See also:

asserrer  serrer1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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