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esloignement1 (1155)

esloignement1 (1155)

eloignement;  esluinement  
  FEW:  longe 5,404a Gdf: GdfC:  esloignement 9,532a TL: esloignement 3,1101 DEAF:  loing (esloingnement)  DMF: TLF:  éloignement  OED:  eloinment n.  MED: DMLBS:

s.

1distance, separation, absence
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  ne vuil qu’autre eit de vus seisissement, Ki de l’amur de mei face esloignement  Horn 1200
2 departure, leaving
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Cil virent tuz les baruns morz, Virent peri lé granz esforz, Virent d’Arthur l’esluinement, Virent lu rei fait novelment  Brut WACE 13303
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Par l’esloignement des Franceis, Quiderent e distrent Engleis Que cil de France s’en fueient  Rom de Rou wace ii 10.9197
3lawillegal removal, misappropriation of a person
( 1339 )  Ald.: Coment sciet homme de son noun age et q’il soit enloigné [...] Sch.: Unqes ne fust uncore vewe qe proscheyn amy fust resceu fors en cas d’assise de novele disseisin [...] en quel cas la cause de l’estatut, c’est assavoir l’eloignement, poet estre trié  YBB 13-14 Ed III 17

See also:

aloignement  esloignance1  esloigne  esloigner1  esloignour  esloin  luin 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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