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esnetter (c.1135)
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esnetter (c.1135)

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aneitir,  anetter;  ennettir;  esnetier,  esnettir  
  FEW:  nitidus 7,148b Gdf:  esnetier 3,503b GdfC: ∅ TL: esnetiier 3,1135 DEAF:  net (aneter)  / net (ennetir)  / net (esneter)  DMF:  enneter  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

fig.to cleanse, purify: 
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  Sire Dex, mon cuer esnetie, Que n'i remaigne felonie  S Marg wace 41.526 (A)
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  charité Ki cunforte hume ennetté  Female Religious 362
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  amur ke esnettist e esclarsist du tut le quer de homme  Ancren2 138.27
♦pharm.med.to purify, refine: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Plum deyt estre aparailé en tele manere et ennettiz  Alchimie 385.34
♦med.to clean, wash (a wound): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Al commencement anettez la plaie  A-N Med i 70
( MS: c.1300 )  Kar si cete herbe mise hi seit, La playe vus aneyt  Pop Med 307.66

sbst. inf.

med.cleaning, washing (of a wound): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Icest oignement vaut mut a la plaie porrie por aneitir e por faire bone char venir  A-N Med i 72
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