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
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esventer (s.xii1)