esvedver (c.1136-65)
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esvedver (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  vidua 14,433b Gdf:  esvevé 3,668b GdfC: ∅ TL: esveuver 3,1508 DEAF:  veve 1 (esveuver)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
esvever  

v.a.

1fig.to widow: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Deus vendrat secles juger [...] E predication de eglise Affermerat en tote guise, Ke eresie ad esvedvee E en meinte guise temptee. Fei, dunt la vedve puis gloser, Verrat ses termes affermer [...]  9043

p.p._as_a.

1 kinship widowed, deprived of a husband: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Tantes puceles esguarees, E tantes dames esvedvees  5569
estre esvedvé de
1 kinship to be widowed, bereaved of (a husband): 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Halas! por coi est mort par petite duree? Ha, que porrai dire de ceo a s’esposee, [...] Il n’iert mie merveille, qu’ele iert esvevee Del plus bel paien qui corune ait portee  2555
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