1mil.to assail, attack:
(
c.1141;
MS: s.xiii4/4
) Suff[e]ra mut grant guere; Forment iert envais De tuz ses enemis
Sibile 517
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Tygres hiduses de coste lur saillirent, As denz e as ungles laidement les envaïrent
Rom Chev ANTS 5103
(
s.xiii2;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Le deable lui eust si envaié Que tut estut com homme abaié
Serm Rawlinson 425
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
le deable envaï
(ed. e nuai) deus souers de religion
Ancren2 107.4
(
1378
)
pur invaire et guerroier le Bastard Henri, occupant a present le dit roiaume d'Espaigne
Foedera1 iv 47
♦
mil.to invade, attack:
(
s.xii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
as Normanz se combatreit Qui le rei Aralt orent mort E la terre envaie a tort
Conception wace 26
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
[...] U nus porrum la terre miels envaier
Anc Test (B) 2539
(
1404
)
Et en la fin a le dit conte diffie le roy nostre seigneur, et a grant nombre de vesselx, et poair de gens d’armes, envaie
(ed. ennaie) le roialme d’Engleterre, et en siglant vers l’isle de Wight desconfit et prins certains pouvres peschours et lour reis et apparlois
Roy Lett Hen IV i 221
♦
fig.to invade, attack:
(
c.1235;
MS: c.1235
)
Morteu maladie le quor lui envaï
S Aub 1117
2to embark, start upon:
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Quant li felon Crist parsiwirent, E prendre son cors envaïirent
Salemon 1322
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Kant l’uevre ai envaie Deu apele en aie
Div Mun 35
♦
to break into, start (to eat):
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
cest pein n’os pas envaïr
(because it is known to be poisoned)
Dial Greg SATF 4880
to assail, attack each other:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Li draguns l’urs envaisseit E cil forment se defendeit: A mervaille s’envaisseient E a merveille se fereient
Brut WACE 11257
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envaïr (s.xii2/4)