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reservir1 (c.1170)

The form reserver2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

reservir1 (c.1170)

reserver,  reservire  
  FEW:  servire 11,541b Gdf:  reservir 7,95b GdfC: TL: reservir 8,1011 DEAF:  servir (reservir)  DMF:  resservir  TLF:  resservir  OED:  re-serve v.2  MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

1to serve again, attend to ... once more
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mult me avez lealment servi E bien e bel entresque ci, E uncore ay mester mult grant Ke vus me reservez avant  680
to serve, attend to ... in return
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  si tu sers serf au plaisance, De honte il toy reservira  8034
2(of blows) to return, serve back
( c.1170; MS: s.xiim )  Haltement reclamat (=Rodmund) sun seignur Belial K'il en cel besoing li (=to Haderof) seit partut egal, Ke il pusse ses cops (=Haderof's) reservir cumunal  4769
3literatureto recount, tell again
( MS: c.1300 )  Nul nel (=Edgar) pout ne nel sout de ren blamer par dreit si de treis choses nun: del cunte Edewold, e del duc Andeure, e de la noneine ke il tret a force hors de abbeie pur beauté dunt trop moy serreit a reservire ici  17.321

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See also:

servir 
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