1to release, unfasten:
(
1190-93;
MS: s.xiv1
)
eslachent lur bowelins E estreinent lur holgurdins
1457
(
c.1200;
MS: c.1300
)
si li ad le frein osté E la sele li
eslacha
533
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Del prison les qui anels furent
eslaschiez en l’oure q’om chanta la messe
p.27.lvii
2med.to loosen, relax:
(
1266-1300;
MS: c.1300
)
le bruet de buef parcreu mout est sain, [...] conforte, les boauz
eslasque et le ventre et miés nourist se il soit mellez od vin
268.S70.34
1to fall, drop off:
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv2/4
)
les liens de trestoutz si
eslescherent
(B) 219a
1
loose, detached:
(
c.1240;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
de cele pelecte avient sovent que ele est
eslachie e rumpue
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