esprise1 (s.xii1)

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esprise1 (s.xii1)

[ FEW: 9,347a prehendere; Gdf: 3,552b esprise; GdfC: ; TL: 3,1257 esprise 1; DEAF: ; DMF:  éprise; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

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1 that which is set on fire
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Esprise de fu e suffoide de l'encrepement del tuen volt perirunt (Latin: Incensa igni et suffossa ab increpatione vultus tui peribunt)  91.79.17
2fire (of love)
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  De Ipomedon li vent l’esprise, De sa beauté est ja suprise  8693
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