1to open wide:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
)
Eslaise ta buche, e je aemplirai li
91.80.9
(
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
1
to enlarge, grow bigger:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Pur la grant joie del present Que li clers out tant sudeement, S’eslaissa li quors e tant crut Ne pout restreindre quant il dut
i 249.2381
[esleiser] (s.xii1)