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eslaver (s.xii1)
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eslaver (s.xii1)

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eslever,  esliever  
  FEW:  lavare 5,218b Gdf:  eslaver 3,478b GdfC: ∅ TL: eslaver 3,1087 DEAF:  laver (eslaver)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1fig.to wash away, efface, erase: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Seient eslavé del livre des vivanz  Oxf Ps ANTS 82.68.33
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  sulunc la multitudine de tes merciz esleve (Latin: dele) les meies felunies  Camb Ps 88.L.1
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  ki escut la pudre de vains pensers e eslieve suillures de pecchiez  Joshua Sermons i 20
2fig.to wash, cleanse: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Jesus Crist tot eslevat Quant le pechié del monde ostad  Salemon 11645
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiin )  Et l'eve ki vint de sun (=J.C.'s) lez Nus ad blanchiz et eslavez  Miserere 175
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Il duna nofs comandemenz Pur eslaver nos quors sullenz  Mirur2 1857

See also:

reslaver 
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