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estuver1 (s.xii1/3)
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estuver1 (s.xii1/3)

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estufer;  estuer  (etstuer)  
  FEW:  typhein 13/ii,457b Gdf:  estuver 3,664c GdfC:  estuver 9,569b TL: estuver 3,1501 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  étuver  TLF:  étuver  OED:  stew v. 2  MED:  steuuen v. 2  DMLBS:  stuphare 3220b

v.trans.

1to bathe in steam: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  faites estuver lur faces  Orn Dames 523
( MS: c.1325 )  fettez etstuer (l. eçstuer) lé maynus ou lez pees en la fume  Receptaria 113.273
( MS: s.xiv1 )  E metez le homme en un estu[v]e ne pas trop chaud e le estuez checun jour  Receptaria 43.374
( 1396; MS: c.1412 )  tout le corps me mange tres malement. Et pour ce je m’en vai demain pour estre estufee  Man lang2 170
2to stew: 
( MS: c.1325 )  fett[e]z ben estamper en un morter e pus bien etstuer en un poth  Receptaria 112.267

v.intrans.

to take a steam bath: 
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Si vus en usez quant baignez U estuvés, tant vaut meuz  Nov Chir ANTS 807
( MS: s.xiv1 )  […] e lessez le (=patient) ben estuer si chaud cum il le purra endurer  Receptaria 26.202

v.refl.

to make oneself perspire, take a steam bath: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Desuz se s’en estuve feme, Ses natures li rent la gemme (=jet)  Lapid 45.435
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  De la fum[e]e kin istrat [...] Si la deit l’en mediciner Cum hom qui se voille estuver  Lapid 240.1130
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Estuvez vus ene [sic] ces herbes: fumeterre, eble e lovesche, [...]  Pop Med 70.38
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  ainz qu(i)'il se voile estuver (=by sitting over hot fumes to cure piles) , se (=si) li covient defumer  Pop Med 195.1491
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