enservager (c.1240)

enservager (c.1240)

  FEW:  servus 11,550a Gdf: GdfC: TL: enservagier 3,528 DEAF:  servir (enservagier)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
ensorvager (l. enservager?)  

v.a.

1to enslave
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Gyus ke sunt esparpilez, Par tut li munde ensorvagez (l. enservagez?)  12
to reduce to serfdom
( 1327 )  par quele chartre il serreiount enservagetz, et de lour fraunchises oustez  138

p.p._as_a.

1 enslaved, subjugated
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) li malfé [...] Par ke seum enservagé, Amen dites par charité  485.XL.148
enservir  servage 
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enservager