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esvertuer (1163-70)
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esvertuer (1163-70)

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evertuer  
  FEW:  virtus 14,518a Gdf:  esvertuer 3,668a GdfC:  esvertuer 9,571a TL: esvertüer 3,1507 DEAF:  vertu (esvertüer)  DMF:  évertuer  TLF:  (s')évertuer  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.refl.

mil.to gather one's strength, fight hard: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Ipomedon mut s’esvertue, Loinz del cheval el champ l’estrue (=the shield)  Ipom BFR 3677
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Mes le deble mult s’evertue, Kant veit ke a poi est vencue  Mir N-D 69.74
♦ to prevail, gain the upper hand: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  si en loe Jhesu Crist K’il lui aveit doné tel drue En qui chastee s’esvertue  S Edw barking 1392
s'esvertuer sur
mil. to concentrate one's efforts on, fight hard against: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) Membre toi de tun poeple, nel laissier esguaré, Car trop se Sunt [cil] Turc sur nos avertué (var. (S: c.1400) esvertué )  Siege Antioche meyer 34.60 (var.)

See also:

avertuer  vertu 
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