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estresce (1163-70)
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estresce (1163-70)

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estrecce  
  FEW:  strictus *12,300a Gdf:  estrece 3,647b GdfC: ∅ TL: estrece 3,1466 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1narrowness, confinement: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  l’enfant [...] rien ne sot fors le secrei Del ventre sa mere u giseit, Dunt l’estresce uncore senteit  S Edw barking 234
( MS: s.xiii )  angor: estresce  Gloss Garland 164
♦confined space: 
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  (J.C.) Pur mei jut en cele estresce (=B.V.M.’s womb)  S Cath barking 1447
2straitened circumstances: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Icestes deus choses partienent a clostriers […] c’est a saver estresce (var. (BN: s.xivin) estreitesce) e amertume  Ancren2 134.11

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estreitesce 
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