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entester (c.1270)
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entester (c.1270)

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  FEW:  testa 13/i,280a Gdf:  entester 3,263c GdfC: ∅ TL: entester 3,596 DEAF:  test (entester)  DMF:  entêter  TLF:  entêter 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.refl.

to fill one’s head with: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Du heiron se quide fester E del bon vin entester  Fille mal gardee 136

p.pr. as a.

(of wine) intoxicating: 
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  les vins qui croissent az sommet des montaignes sunt fors et clers et entestant  Waterford busby 262.S64.5

p.p. as a.

endowed with heads: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin ) A semblanz de lions furent entestez, E de lur bouches issoit la fumee  Apoc Verse ANTS 579
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