to search:
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s..xiiiex
)
eschercherent
(var. (H: c.1335) echerchirent) toz les ostiels as pelerins
94.47
♦
to examine, scrutinize:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
od mun quer parlowe, e escerçowe
(Latin: scrutabar) mun espirit
135.LXXVI.6
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
molt covendreit a l’uisser Sun pensé tuertre e
escergier, E sa quidance retenir Se ne la veit a ben vertir
560
♦
to seek after:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
)
Escerst li gablere tute la substance de lui
169.10
seeker, one who searches:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) defaillirent li escerchant par escerchement
78.63.6