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asseurement2 (s.xii2)

The form ensurement is a cross reference to the following entry:

asseurement2 (s.xii2)

aseurement,  assurement,  assurment;  asegurement;  ensurement,  enseurement  
  FEW:  *assecurare 25,510a Gdf: GdfC:  aseurement 8,202a TL: assëurer (assëureement) 1,592 DEAF:  seür (asseürement)  DMF:  assurément  TLF:  assurément  OED:  assuredly adv.  MED: DMLBS:  assuranter 146b

adv.

1confidently
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  David s’en turnad asseurement e les Philistiens […] descunfist  Liv Reis1 69
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Or va Par la terre asegurement Proechier a tote la gent  Dial Greg SATF 1393
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Si mes avez de mei afaire, Asseurement me mandez; A vus vendrai, ço sacez!  Gui War 2863
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  […] ke il pussent plus ensurement respondre sur lur aconte  HENLEY2 288.c68
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Demorer jesqes a tanqe q’il aveint plus de gent, K’il pussent aler plus assurment Le Musoire prendre  Longespee 56
with certainty, reliably
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  […] pur adrecer Cest livre par dreit entendement A acumplir le enseurement  Secr abernun 2371
2securely
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En tele manere ense[u]rement Pouns en joyr espiritaument  S Fran ANTS 2531
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  graunt honur est de garder enseurement vedevtee  BOZ Cont 166
safely
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mes aprés le quinzime an poet l’en seiner et ventuser enseurement  A-N Med i 191

See also:

seurement2 
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