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esmoudre (s.xii1/3)

The form esmulu is a cross reference to the following entry:

esmoudre (s.xii1/3)

esmoldre; 
ind.pr.3 esmult; 
p.p. esmolu,  esmolud,  esmulu,  esmulut  
  FEW:  molere 6/iii,33a Gdf:  esmoudre 3,500b GdfC:  esmolre 9,534c TL: esmoudre 3,1129 DEAF:  esmoudre  DMF:  émoudre  TLF:  émoudre  OED: MED: DMLBS:  emolere 774a

v.trans.

1 to sharpen
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mout voissiez [...] Apareillier escuz et armes, Esmoldre haches et guisarmes [...]  Rom de Rou wace ii 317.258
2to crush, grind
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki medicine faire en volt, O une cot vert bien l’esmoilt (var. (C: s.xiii2) esmiet; (D: 1276-77) melt) O lait de feme  Lapid 57.696
( s.xii2/4; MS: 1200 )  ki l’esmult (=medus, a stone) od lait de femme ad (=by means of) une aspre cuz (can cure blindness)  Lapid 105.XXVIII..2

p.p. as a.

sharp(ened)
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the antelope ) Dous cornes ad agues, Trenchanz et esmolues  Best ants 764
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Od un cutel grant, esmolud, Al quer en ad le rei ferud  GAIMAR1 4031
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  lança as Escoz treis espiez esmuluz  FANT OUP 1498
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Granz colps se fierent [...] Des gleives trenchanz esmuluz  Waldef BB 938
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esmulu