eslaissier (s.xii1)
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eslaissier (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 5,223b laxare; Gdf: 1,211a alaschier /3,476a eslaissier 1; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1080 eslacier /3,1083 eslaissier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  eslaisser; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ; DMLBS: ∅ ]
eslaisier,  eslaisir;  esleisser,  esleissier;  eslescer,  esleser,  eslesser;  eslasser;  elacer,  elaescer,  eleser,  elesser;  enlesser;  alaiser,  alaisser,  alascer,  alasser,  alescir  

v.a.

1to set free: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  il me eslaisid e deliverad mei de anguisse  103
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  ab ad et mitto, -is .i. eleser  ii 89
♦to release, let go: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Li apostolie tent sa main a la cartre, Sainz Alexis la suë li alascet  372
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Fors de sa cave ert esleissiez Li ours  9311
♦to give free rein to: 
( c.1185 )  Le bon ferant point et eslesce  9051
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Un Barbarin vint par mi un val Tost esleissant un ignel cheval  914
( MS: s.xiii )  admissi gallice: eslaisiés  i 31
2to open: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  eslaise ta buche, e je aemplirai li  80.9
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  eslaise(Latin: dilata) ta buche, e je l’emplirai  150.LXXX.9
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  ‘De tes commandemenz curui La dreite veie senz ennui Si que mun queor en eslaisas A amer ço ke comandas’  3407
♦to open up, widen: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dous messagiers i enveia Pur la veie bien eslaiser, Qu’aler i poust senz encumbrier  4489
♦to enlarge: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  pur alaisser sun purpris Un poi del cymiter aveit pris  3360

v.n.

1to rush, dash: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Qui dunc les veist esleisser e saillir De durs vassals li peust sovenir  238

v.refl.

1to rush: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Aba[i]sse son espié, au roy s’est alaisez (var. esleissez (P)MS: c.1310)  905
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  vers la porte s’eslessat  3016
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Le[s] dis se sunt tost esleissé Cum bon vassal e aduré  8221
♦to ride at full speed: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  A cuilte de esporun se eslesse  4818
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  A plein vont tuit serré, sur eaux s’e[s]lesserent  5138

p.pr.

1at full speed: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  devant les autres va Fabur elessant  3476
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  A vint mil armez vient sur Greus eslessant  4094

p.p._as_a.

1at full speed: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Le cheval od gule baiee Vers les Engleis vint esleissié  5289
s’eslaissier a
1to give oneself up to: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Lores se esleissat a plurer  2048
eslachier 
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