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eshalcement (s.xii3/4)
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eshalcement (s.xii3/4)

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eshancement,  eshaucement  
  FEW:  *exaltiare 3,257a Gdf:  essalcement 3,565a GdfC: ∅ TL: essaucement 3,1293 DEAF:  essaucier (essaucement)  DMF:  exhaussement  TLF:  exhaussement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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advancement, enhancement: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De Darie e d’Alisandre ai dit ceo que sent, […] Sa enfance, sa jovente, son sen, son hardement, Sa grant chevalerie, son eshalcement  Rom Chev ANTS P 4
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  par le passage del baptesme est Jesu Crist receu e eshaucé es quors de ses feeilz [...]. Kar l’eshaucement de li en us quant a nostre salu surt d’iloec  Joshua Sermons ii 12
( 1326-27 )  [...] pur l’eshancement de l’estat du roialme  Rot Parl1 ii 7

See also:

enhalcement  halcement  eshalcer 
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