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enservager (c.1240)
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enservager (c.1240)

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(ensorvager (l. enservager?))  
  FEW:  servus 11,550a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to enslave: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Gyus ke sunt esparpilez, Par tut li munde ensorvagez (l. enservagez?)  Judenknabe 12
♦to reduce to serfdom: 
( 1327 )  par quele chartre il serreiount enservagetz, et de lour fraunchises oustez  Rot Parl2 138

See also:

servage 
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