essarter (1155)
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essarter (1155)

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  FEW:  *exsartum 3,318a Gdf:  essarter 3,568b GdfC:  essarter 9,553a TL: essarter 3,1292 DEAF:  essart (essarter)  DMF:  essarter  TLF:  essarter  OED:  assart v.  / essart v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  essartare 804b / exsartare 864b
asaarter,  assarter,  assartir,  assartyr;  ensartrer;  essartrer  

v.a.

1to clear (an area) of vegetation: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  s’esforçot Des ronces la place essarter  4661
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Le liu ad fait esmunder De runcerei e essarter  5807
♦lawto assart, clear (an area) and convert it into arable land: 
( 1293 )  assartyr le boys est oster le buche e torner le en terre arable  20-21 Ed I 413
2 mil. to devastate, lay waste (vegetation): 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Egrement assaut la terre Cum ki la pensa cunquere, U al meins l’avoir estrere. Bois e gardins fait asaarter, Musters e maisuns arder  185
3 to slaughter, massacre (people): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Hoel e sun cusin Walwein [...] pur lur cumpaignuns vengier [...] Romeins destruient e essartent  12821

v.absol.

1to clear ground: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Si començad a essarter [...] A une part sa loge ad fait  1480
essart  essarteure  sarter 
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