esfowir (s.xii1)
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esfowir (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 3,663b fodere; Gdf: 3,12b effouir /3,455a esfoir 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1040 esföir 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  effouir; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 752c effodere 1 ]
effoir,  effouir,  effowir  

v.a.

1to dig up, exhume: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Le cors ausi le rey Haraud fist effoir hors de Westmouster e en Tamise geter  114.11
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  l'abbé Eiluuard le fist effowir et trova le cors tut enter  80.29

v.absol.

1to dig up, destroy: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Esfowed, esfowed (Latin: Effodite, effodite) juske al fundement de li  244.CXXXVI.7
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