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

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

v.a.

1to cleanse: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder E cors e alme d’encumbrer  2292
♦ fig. to cleanse, purify: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Lor corages vunt arosant, E lor ordeez eslavant, Ke sis esmundet lor doctrine, Come doit rade de cretine, [...]  10709
♦ fig.theol. to cleanse, free from sin: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder [...] alme d’encumbrer  2292
♦ theol. to cure, cleanse (of leprosy): 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Esmondez i sont li lieprous  14919
2to prune, clear by cutting away: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Le liu ad fait tost emunder De ru[n]cerei e assarter  5805
♦ to cut back, amputate: 
( 1160-74 )  Li dus [...] jura [...] s’il poet cels prendre [...] des membres seront esmondé, ne porteront ne pié ne poig  ii 48.4430

v.absol.

1 to cleanse: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  cest ewe est propre e cunvenable a esmunder e eslaver ordure endurcee  i 17
amunder  munder 
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