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eschevelé (s.xii1)
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eschevelé (s.xii1)

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echevelé; 
f. eschevelede  
  FEW:  capillus 2/i,249a Gdf:  escheveler 2 (eschevelé) 3,386b GdfC: ∅ TL: escheveler (eschevelee) 3,887 DEAF:  chevel (escheveler)  DMF:  écheveler  TLF:  écheveler  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

bareheaded, with hair dishevilled: 
( c.1185 )  La dameisele ad avisé Sanz guimple, tut eschevelé (var. deschevelé) Fors qe une coife el chef posee  Proth ANTS 9874
( c.1200; MS: c.1300 )  Sanz guimple esteit echevelee  Desiré2 139
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  nu pez e eschevelez, saunz coyf e saunz chaperon  Brev Plac 191
♦ emotion dishevilled (as a sign of pain, suffering): 
( s.xii1; MS: s.xiiiM )  Dune [i] vint [a]corant come femme esbaie, Criant eschevelee pur cele sue amie  S Cath fragm 90
( MS: 1120-40 )  La vint curant cum femme forsenede, Batant ses palmes, criant, eschevelede  S Alexis1 424

See also:

deschevelé 
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