esneier (s.xii1)
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esneier (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 7,144a *nitidiare; Gdf: 3,503a esneier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1135 esniier; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
esnaier,  esnier  

v.a.

1to cleanse, purify: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu espurgeras mei de isopo, e serai esneiet (Latin: et mundabor)  89.L.8
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  Cum huem est esneiez tuz en baptisme [...]  60.38
2to clear, sweep: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  il tendra le flavel en sa main, si esneira sa aire  82.90
♦to clear away, destroy: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Lur idles unt tuz depescé, Les mahumeries esneié  3307
esneier de
1 to cleanse, rid of: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Ampleis leve mei de la meie iniquitet, e de mun pechet esneie mei  72.50.3
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  il esneiad tut le pais des malvaises genz  172
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Trestute la terre [...] Il esneiat d’ordure e de pecché  (B) 14147
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