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essarter (1155)

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[ FEW: 3,318a *exsartum; Gdf: 3,568b essarter; GdfC: 9,553a essarter; TL: 3,1292 essarter; DEAF: essart (essarter); DMF: essarter; TLF: essarter; OED: assart v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 864b exsartare ]

assarter, assartir; ensartrer; essartrer, asaarter

v.a.

1to clear (ground):

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) s’esforçot Des ronces la place essarter 4661

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Le liu ad fait esmunder De runcerei e essarter 5807

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) Asaartent boisuns e bois 386rubr

♦lawto assart (to 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 to slaughter, massacre:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Hoel e sun cusin Walwein [...] pur lur cumpaignuns vengier [...] Romeins destruient e essartent 12821

v._absol.

1to clear ground:

( s.xii^3/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Si començad a essarter [...] A une part sa loge ad fait 1480

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