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esculurger (s.xii1)
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The form escoulorger is a cross reference to the following entry:

esculurger (s.xii1)

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esculurjer;  escolorger,  escolorgier,  escolorjer,  escolurger;  escoulorger  
  FEW:  *excollubricare 3,279a Gdf:  escolorgier 3,414b GdfC: ∅ TL: escolorgier 3,948 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  escolourger  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.intrans.

to slide, slip: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Sustien mes pas en tes sentes, e nient ne esculurgerunt mes estraces (Latin: non labentur vestigia mea)  Camb Ps 21.XVI.5
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the mongoose) Quant se est enboee E del limun luee, Quant pot escolurger En sa (=the crocodile's) buche mucher  Best ants 647
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Esculurja  (ms. Esculur) sis piez avant. Chai [...]  ADGAR3 269.190
( MS: s.xiii )  lubrico: esculurger  Gloss Garland 169
♦to slip, fall down: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  la spee vers terre li esculurgad  Liv Reis1 98
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Coment es prise e mise en bas? Coment es tu escolurgié? Coment es tu enginnié?  ADGAR3 177.421
( MS: s.xiii2 )  collabitur: escolurge  TLL ii 4
♦(of water) to run: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Tuz murrums e sumes cume l’eve ki esculurge sur la terre  Liv Reis1 84
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (the river in flood) por riens ne poeit plus loing escolorjer fors jesq’as us (=doors of the church)  Dial Greg SATF 11167
♦fig.to slip away, be transitory: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Sapience queort porseer As devines choses saveir, E cointise as choses humaines Ki escolorgent e sunt vaines  Salemon 3268
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1275 )  Le mund ke vait esculurjant Volum retenir delitant  S Eust anon 2237

v.refl.

to slide, slip: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  li altels sudeement se devisad e la cendre qui ert en sum aval se esculurgad  Liv Reis1 143

p.pr. as a.

slimy, slippery: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  La lubricité des humurs cunust l’en par un viscosité esculurgaunt ky est en le fundement ovecis une froidure  A-N Med i 226
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