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enveiller (1163-70)

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

enveiller (1163-70)

enveiler,  enveillier;  envelier;  enveyller  
  FEW:  *exvigilare *3,337a Gdf:  enveillier 3,311b GdfC: TL: enveillier 3,702 DEAF:  esveillier (enveillier)  DMF:  enveiller  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  invigilare 1468c

v.trans.

to awaken, wake up, rouse
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) il trevist apertement En cele creche un bel enfaunt Cuché [...]; Fraunceys le enveylla ducement E le enbraça trecherement  S Fran ANTS 4611

v.intrans.

1 to wake up
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Estes vous que vint un [k]e huscheit L'us de la chambre la u giseit, E li dist tantost [ke] venist [...]. E il tantost a ceo enveillia  S Rich ANTS 1543
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Kaunt Fraunceys enveylla, Estraungement se merveylla: Ne saveyt entendre ke syngnifye De chivaler la prophecye  S Fran ANTS 211
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 ) A cele parole la dame enveilly e vist la grant clareté  Fouke ANTS 59.32
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex ) Si se reposa et dormy, et quant il enveilla, il se troeva la jeus al pié de la montayne  Mandeville 293
2 to be wakeful, keep watch
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1 ) Gardez penance, si la fetes, Kar si tu enveillant ne estes, (death) Cum laron vendroi a toy  Apoc Verse Illustrated 178

v.refl.

to wake up
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) Quant saint Piere li out mustré L’afeire, [...] A tant s’est l’evesque enveillié  S Edw barking 471
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) De vin et de piment les ad si enivrez Qu’onques ne s’enveillierent ainz fu midi passez  Siege Antioche gabel 1989
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) Geroud [...] De mort revele et si s'enveile Cum un homme ke someile  Mir N-D 102.XXII.167
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Lui deuz leaus compaygnons adunque s’enveillerent  Edw Ring 81
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  la nuyt enclarsyst [...] e les chevalers [...] s’enveylerent  Fouke ANTS 7.2

p.p. as a.

awake
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Le seg[r]esteyn de Rameseye gyst enveylé  Burch2 517
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm ) le philosophe sarazin aparceut, quant il estoit aveilé (var. (T: s.xiv3/4) enveillez ) qe son livre estoit emblé  TREVET Cron1 277.29 (var.)

See also:

aveiller  esveiller  veiller 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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