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enval (s.xii3/3)

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enval (s.xii3/3)

 
  FEW:  vallis 14,140a Gdf:  enval 3,311a GdfC: TL: enval 3,701 DEAF:  val (enval)  DMF:  enval  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

adv.

local down below
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  tu es plus blanche que cristal, que neif que chiet sor glace en val  Adam2 230
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Amunt el heaume l’ad feru Si ke trestut l’ad estuné, E pasmé chet aval (var. (B: s.xivin) enval ) el pré  Ipom BFR 6112 (var.)
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  Mantel ot d'un purpre cendal; De ses espalles tut aval (var. (B: s.xivin) en val ) Desqu'a terre l'ot avalé  Proth ANTS 2946 (var.)
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  E el me prent et get aval (var. (R: s.xiv1) enval ) desus ses pies  Plainte Am 494 (var.)
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Et metét ataunt de sufre ke la lessive seyt desus deus deys ou treys [...]. Et kaunt il est resus, versét li ens un poy de eawe [...]. Pus le metez en val et le lessez enfreyder  Alchimie 379
amunt e enval
up and down, everywhere
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Jo qui ke le quers li chait E volette amunt e aval (var. (B: s.xivin) enval )  Ipom BFR 5059 (var.)

prep.

de enval
local down to
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  En la tere fu un roi, ke Fem apele Hermyne, mult estoit veuz howme e out chenue crine, la barbe li blaunchoit de en val la pestrine  Boeve 369

[dd]

See also:

aval  envaler  val1 
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