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estresce (1163-70)

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estresce (1163-70)

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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.xiv^1/4 ) l’enfant [...] rien ne sot fors le secrei Del ventre sa mere u giseit, Dunt l’estresce uncore senteit 234

( MS: s.xiii ) angor: estresce 164

♦confined space:

( s.xii^4/4; MS: s.xii^4/4 ) (J.C.) Pur mei jut en cele estresce (=B.V.M.’s womb) 1447

2straitened circumstances:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) Icestes deus choses partienent a clostriers […] c’est a saver estresce (var. (BN: s.xivⁱⁿ) estreitesce) e amertume 134.11

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