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estenceler (s.xii1/3)
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estenceler (s.xii1/3)

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estanceler,  estenseler,  estenzeler  
  FEW:  scintilla 11,312a Gdf:  estenceler 3,606b GdfC:  estenceler 9,560b TL: estenceler 3,1375 DEAF:  estencele (estenceler)  DMF:  étinceler  TLF:  étinceler  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  estencellare 808b / scintillare 2968c
v.intrans.1to sparkle ♦ to shine, beam ♦ to gleam, sparkle 2to pour forth ♦ to boil
p.pr. as a.sparkling
p.p. as a.spangled

v.intrans.

1to sparkle: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Crisolite [...] a un grain d’or el milou; Si estencele cume fou  Lapid 39.300
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Dunc [...] veissiez grant capleiz, Healmes e branz estenceler  Brut WACE 12725
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Quant la mer de nut estencele As aviruns  Pet Phil 1655
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  (The heliotrope) Estencele de gutes vermailles  Lapid 90.597
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Crisolite, ki de or a la culur E estencele cume feu  Apoc giffard 4215
♦to shine, beam: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Tutes (=other women) passa la reine bele Cum solail ke estencele  Mir N-D 147.28
♦fig.to gleam, sparkle: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  'Tant beles sunt tes duce mameles, Plus sunt beles ke n'est vin k'en or estencele'  Chant Chanz 1762
2to pour forth: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  la vile fu tute pleine [...] De sanc, de fumee, k’estencele  Set Dorm ANTS 135
♦fig.to boil: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Irrur ad en son quer, le sanc ly estencele  Rom Chev ANTS 1461
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Irrur ad en sun cuer, li sanc li estencele  FANT OUP 243

p.pr. as a.

also_fig.sparkling: 
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ces ooyz (=eyes) estencelaunz cum un carboun  Turpin 955
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  od estencelant (M.E. sperclinde) amour embracez vostre ami  Ancren1 23.121
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  emicans: (D) estenselaunt  TLL ii 70

p.p. as a.

spangled: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Trestut entur fu l’erbe drue Estencelee de flur menue  Pet Plet ANTS 64
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  (The heliotrope) Estencelee est de gutes vermailles  Lapid 90.597 var
( c.1275 )  Le roy de H., de or estenzelé a treis leuns passanz d’azur  Eight Rolls 46.11
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Son esku fu blaunk, estencellé de goules  BOZ Tret Pass ii 430
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Il porte l’escu d’argent e[s]tencelé de goules  Lyric 186.21

See also:

restenceler  tenceler 
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