excellir (s.xii1/4)
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excellir (s.xii1/4)

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  FEW:  excellere *3,272b Gdf:  excellir 3,678a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  exceller  DMF:  excellir  TLF: ∅ OED:  excel v.  MED:  excellen v.  DMLBS:  excellere 1 829c
 

v.n.

1 to excel, be pre-eminent: 
( s.xii1/4; MS: c.1120 ) [...] que le nient fraint num de pastur excellist e nient anjoust la culpa del deperdethur  299
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