escimure (s.xiv1)
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escimure (s.xiv1)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  escimure  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

The etymology of this hapax is unclear, and, as the editor of Actes confirms, its reading may be dubious.

s.

1emotionecstasy: 
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  si ont il repleniz de merveille et de escimure (Latin: impleti sunt stupore et extasi) et conuiz en ceo qe avint a lui  (A) 363a
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