estreper (s.xii1)
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estreper (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  exstirpare 3,321b Gdf:  estreper 3,650c GdfC: ∅ TL: estreper 3,1475 DEAF:  estreper  DMF:  étraper  TLF:  étraper  OED:  estrepe v.  MED:  strepen v.  DMLBS:  estrepare 809b / exstirpare 870b
estrepper;  estriper,  estripper,  estroper  i 279  

v.a.

1 to pull out, uproot: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Nen out remés rien a guaster, Ne cep ne vinne a estreper  10125
♦ to clear of vegetation: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Lor vingnes et lor boiz fist li roiz estreper  i 5.85
( 1336 )  les fossés et les hayes [...] ount touz abatuz et estropés et emportez  242
♦ to demolish, pull down: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  par issi qe nous ne faceum estreper ne gaster les tenemenz  i 36
( 1293 )  Vynt le baylyf e lur devya a estreper le mees  20-21 Ed I 381
( 1397 )  en mesme le temps, si estreperent eux toutz ses maners  iii 361
2to despoil, plunder: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Vos granz burcs fera estreper E vos citez vus ardera  3522
estreper fors
1to destroy: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Nient ne estreperent (Latin: exterminaverunt) fors les pueples  197.CV.33

v.n.

1to break, snap: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  tantost les nerfs ke estreint esteient Estreperent cum si il rumpeient  352

p.p._as_a.

1 cleared of vegetation: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Mes lur champs unt perdu ot trestut lur furment, Lur gardins estrepez de cele male gent  1677
streper 
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