eslevement (s.xii1)
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eslevement (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  levare 5,273a Gdf:  eslevement 1 3,480c GdfC:  eslevement 9,531b TL: eslevement 3,1089 DEAF:  lever (eslevement)  DMF:  élèvement  TLF:  élèvement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
eslievement  

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1lifting, raising: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  l’eslevement de mes mains vespertinel sacrifise  128.140.2
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  eslevemenz (Latin: elevatio) de mes palmes sacrefices vesprins  250.CXL.2
♦elevation, improvement, betterment: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E il serat Sire eslievement (Latin: elevatio) al aprient (Latin: oppresso), eslievement cuvenable (Latin: elevatio opportuna) en anguisse  11.IX.9
♦rising, increasing: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Merveillus li eslevemenz de la mer  98.92.6
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  les eslievemenz (Latin: elationes) des gorz de li tu cumpriems  161.LXXXVIII.9
2removal, taking away: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  quant hoem est venuz a eslievement de ses pecchiez [...]  ii 12
eslever#1  eslevour  eslevure 
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