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estu (c.1136-65)
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estu (c.1136-65)

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estou;  estewe,  estowe;  estiu,  estui;  etiu;  eçtui  
  FEW:  *studiare 12,310b Gdf:  estui 3,663b GdfC:  estui 9,569a TL: estui 3,1495 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  étui  TLF:  étui  OED:  etui n.  / stew n. 1  MED:  steu(e n.  DMLBS:  estus 809c

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1storehouse, repository: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  De la borse not lur malice Ki est estui de tot mal vice  Salemon 734
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  E i seit li regaus tenu En seur e certein estu Dunt seit (l. seient) abes e cuvent Gardeins  S Edw paris ANTS 2429
♦store-chest: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  in abditorio: in estu  TLL ii 97
( MS: s.xiii )  in abditorio: en eçtui, en forcer  TLL ii 110
( MS: s.xiii2 )  in abditorio: (C) en estu  TLL ii 70
2reliquary (?): 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  enteca: (C) gallice estu  TLL ii 53
( MS: s.xiv )  entheca multiplici: l’etyu de maigte manere  TLL ii 59
( 1423 )  .j. estewe embroudés, ovec .ij. corporas  Rot Parl1 iv 239
3sty: 
( MS: s.xiv )  porc clos en estu  TLL ii 59
mettre en (sun) estu
1to put by, stow away: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tut mist avant, tut despendi Quanque aveit mis en sun estui  S Jean ANTS 1538
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  bien quidot avoir perdu Tot quanq’ele ot mis en estu  Dial Greg SATF 2690
♦to stock, put in store: 
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  Si vous poez vos terres approver [...] plus qe l’estente, le surplusage metez en estu  HENLEY2 308.c4
( 1275-1300 )  si vindrent Thomas de Braundene e Simon [...] e plusurs autres e robberent le peison en le eu ke mis fust en estowe, e entrerent le prez du rey e faucherent les prez le roy vilement  TNA SC 8/78/3873
2to put in prison: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  priveement le mete senz noisse en sun estiu  Becket1 1830

See also:

estor1  restui 
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