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essuier (c.1170)
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essuier (c.1170)

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assuer,  asuer,  asuier;  essuer,  esuer,  esuier  (asueer Vitas 172.5203,  ensuer  Evang Nic Verse 182.1257; )  
  FEW:  exsucare 3,322a Gdf:  essuier 3,582b GdfC:  essuier 9,555b TL: essuier 3,1319 DEAF:  essuier  DMF:  essuyer  TLF:  essuyer  OED:  sew v. 3  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  exsucare 870c

There are no etymological grounds for the different a- and en- prefixes, which are therefore treated as variant spellings derived from the ex- etymon.

v.trans.

to dry: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  lor dras ke moillé sunt cummencent essuier  Horn 123
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) les pez ses desciples lava E od une lincele pus asua  Lum Lais ANTS 11134
( 1396; MS: s.xivex )  luy donne de l’yauue a laver ses mains, et luy apporte un longre de les essuer  Man lang ANTS 43.24
♦to wipe: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  (a wine stain) Jamais ne iert osté par laver, Par asuer ne par parer  ADGAR3 105.22
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  vus serrez esueiez (Latin: mundabimini) de tutes vos suileures  Joshua Sermons i 8
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 ) de lur oilz assuera tutes lermes  Apoc giffard 1419
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  pus le cotel bel assuez, Ke il ne soit de la char enbruez  Courtoisie 439.62

sbst. inf.

(act of) wiping dry: 
( MS: 1272-82 ) Pus la terdez saunz laver e saunz assuer  A-N Falconry 123.57

p.p. as a.

dried, dry: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  estuppe esuee [...] Tant tost cum est el feu mise, De legier i est esprise  S Clem ANTS 8819

See also:

ressuier  suier1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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