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estreper (s.xii1)
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The form estriper is a cross reference to the following entry:

estreper (s.xii1)

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estrepper;  estriper,  estripper  (estroper  Bor Cust i 279 )  
  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

v.trans.

1 to pull out, uproot: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Nen out remés rien a guaster, Ne cep ne vinne a estreper  Brut WACE 10125
♦ to clear of vegetation: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Lor vingnes et lor boiz fist li roiz estreper  Rom de Rou wace i 5.85
( 1336 )  les fossés et les hayes [...] ount touz abatuz et estropés et emportez  Rot Parl2 242
♦ to demolish, pull down: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  par issi qe nous ne faceum estreper ne gaster les tenemenz  BRITT i 36
( 1293 )  Vynt le baylyf e lur devya a estreper le mees  YBB 20-21 Ed I 381
( 1397 )  en mesme le temps, si estreperent eux toutz ses maners  Rot Parl1 iii 361
2to despoil, plunder: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Vos granz burcs fera estreper E vos citez vus ardera  Waldef BB 3522
estreper fors
to destroy: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Nient ne estreperent (Latin: exterminaverunt) fors les pueples  Camb Ps 197.CV.33

v.intrans.

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

p.p. as a.

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

See also:

streper 
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