esventer (s.xii1)

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esventer (s.xii1)

  FEW:  ventus 14,264b Gdf:  esventer 3,666c GdfC:  esventer 9,570c TL: esventer 3,1506 DEAF:  vent (esventer)  DMF:  éventer  TLF:  éventer  OED:  event v.1  MED:  eventen v.  DMLBS:  eventare 818a
eventer  

v.a.

1fig.to winnow, sift through every detail of: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La meie sente e le mien acutement esventas (Latin: eventilasti)  246.CXXXVIII.3
2to snuff, extinguish (a candle): 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  vasseus de or trespur, la ou que cestes choses sount esteintz que sount eventez (M.E. quenched) (Latin: emuncti sunt)  63rb
aventer  esventement  venter#1 
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