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entrefiancer (1163-70)
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entrefiancer (1163-70)

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  FEW:  *fidare 3,499a Gdf:  entrefiancier 3,286a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  entrefiancer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.refl.

to pledge to one another: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Sire Edward e li se entrefianceaint Ke le quens Simon e ses fiz prendraint E saunz raunçon prendre a mort les mettraint  S Edw barking 106
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Vint chevalers y out [...] ki s’entrefiancerunt ke il irreient parmi le ost des Engleis  Reis Engl1 136
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sire E. e li se entrefiançaint  LANGTOFT thiol2 443.106
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