1fig.to fish out, probe, investigate:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
E si cureient forseneement, querant la meie aneme, e espeschant mals a mei parlowent agueiz
(Latin: investigantes mala mihi loquebantur insidias)
65.XXXVII.12
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2/4
)
[...] attendre voil un poi Pur mieuz enquerre e espeschier
(Latin: expiscari), E sa malice mieuz cerchier
2287
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Li prestres ki de la parole Deu endoctrine peccheur e cuointement espeche sa vie, il est sage mirie
i 17
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[espescher] (s.xii1)