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esmunder (c.1136-65)
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esmunder (c.1136-65)

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esmonder,  esmounder;  emunder;  amunder  
  FEW:  mundare 6/iii,214b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  emonder 9,438c TL: esmonder 3,1127 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  émonder  TLF:  émonder  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  emundare 776b

v.trans.

1also_fig.to cleanse: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Lor corages vunt arosant, E lor ordeez eslavant, Ke sis esmundet lor doctrine, Come doit rade de cretine, [...]  Salemon 10709
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Esmondez i sont li lieprous  Dial Greg SATF 14919
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  esmunder e eslaver ordure endurcee  Joshua Sermons i 17
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder E cors e alme d’encumbrer  Mirur2 2292
( MS: s.xiii2 )  emuncté: emungé  TLL i 149
2to clear (by cutting away): 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Le liu ad fait tost emunder De ru[n]cerei e assarter  S Modw 5805
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