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essonier (1171-74)
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The form esuinner is a cross reference to the following entry:

essonier (1171-74)

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essoneer,  essoneir,  essoner;  essoigner,  essoiner;  essuinner,  essunier;  assoner,  assoneier,  assonier;  assoiner,  assoigner,  assoingner;  asoneer,  asonier  
  FEW:  *sunni 17,274b Gdf:  essonnier 3,578b GdfC: ∅ TL: essoignier 3,1313 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  essoiner  TLF: ∅ OED:  essoin v.  MED:  essoinen v.  DMLBS:  essoniare 808a

v.trans.

lawto essoin: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  A dous des suens a fet le jor essunier  Becket1 1420
( 1260; MS: c.1300 )  Si un homme seit assonié de mal de lit, e les chevalers ly eient doné langur un an e un jour [...]  Brev Plac 124
( 1292 )  home denz cunté ou le heyr est ne put nent estre essoiné  YBB 20-21 Ed I 29

v.intrans.

lawto have an essoin: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Il dit k’il iert enferms, e k’il esunia  Becket1 1435
( 1275 )  [...] de l’houre q’il eit une fiez apparu en court, qe mes ne puisse essoyner  Stats i 37 xlii

v.refl.

to excuse oneself: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  [...] Quant cist se prist a essonier E dist que od lui ne pout aler  S Clem ANTS 4401
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Car il (the person visiting you) porra tel estre ke vus vus ferez par mon los assoigner  Ancren2 179.2-3
♦lawto essoin oneself: 
( c.1260; MS: c.1300 )  A la terce curt le tenant se fra essonyer  Casus Plac 11
( 1334 )  a tres semaignes de Pasche darrein passé le dit R. sei fet essonier du service n[ostre] dit seign[u]r le roi  Rot Parl1 ii 89
se essonier de outremer
outremer

p.p. as s.

lawperson who has been essoined: 
( 1311 )  l’assoigné le tenant pria le rendre de l’assoigné  YBB Ed II xi 107
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