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escumer (s.xii1/3)
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escumer (s.xii1/3)

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escomer,  escummer;  escuner  (etscumer (l. eçscumer)  Receptaria 104.140)  
  FEW:  *skum- 17,138a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  escumer 9,525a TL: escumer 3,1025 DEAF:  escume (escumer)  DMF:  écumer  TLF:  écumer  OED:  scum v.  / skim v.  MED:  scomen v.  / skimmen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to skim: 
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Pus en cel ewe metez miel Bien escumé, […]  Nov Chir ANTS 492
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  fetes le confire o mel nettement escumé  Med Pres1 138.16
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Encuntre manjue […] Pernez freses en tens d’esté Et bon miel chaut et escumé  Pop Med 156.230
( MS: s.xiv1 )  pernez le jus […] e boilez sur le fu e l’escumez ben e nettement  Receptaria 43.383

v.intrans.

to foam, froth: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  le bacin escumerad E l’ewe truble s’en istrat  Lapid 232.850
( MS: s.xiiiex )  spumo: escumer  TLL ii 169
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Li pot de vostre ventre […] boilliant par vin, legierement escune (var. (BN: s.xivin) escume; Latin: spumat) e chiet en luxure  Ancren2 129.14
♦to foam, froth (at the mouth): 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Si cumme pudre est triblee Et en buche a chen seit getee, Issi forment escumera  Lapid 254.1569
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dui dragun sunt des funz sailli [...]. Bien les veissiez escumer E des geules flambes jeter  Brut WACE 7529
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Item pernez un chival tut sor e taunt le facez coure que il escume. E pernez cele escume […]  Receptaria 23.172

p.pr. as a.

foaming: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li venz […] Tant le (=wave) demaine, tant l’empeint K’en escumant tut se defreint  Mirur1 152va41

See also:

scumer1 
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