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

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[ FEW: 11,550a servus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; 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
servage 
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