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asservir1 (s.xiii4/4)
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asservir1 (s.xiii4/4)

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aservir;  enservir,  enserver  
  FEW:  servus 11,549b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  aservir 8,201b TL: asservir 1,588 DEAF:  serf (*)  DMF:  asservir 1  TLF:  asservir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to make subject, servile: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  par seygnorye Aservent Seynt Eglyse qe Deu ad enfranchye  LANGTOFT thiol2 374.1244
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  quant l’en travaille franc homme pur enservir son sanc  Mir Just 76
♦lawto impose servile obligations upon: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ceux qi poent le soil enserver  BRITT i 359

p.p. as a.

lawservile: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  acunes apurteynaunces sount fraunches, et acunes enserveez  BRITT i 359
♦fig.enslaved: 
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Mes ore est (=the Church) enservie, E tant avilie  Lyric 169.19

See also:

servir 
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