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seger1 (s.xiii1/3)
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seger1 (s.xiii1/3)

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ceger;  sejer  
  FEW:  sedicare 11,409b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: segier 9,330 DEAF:  seoir (sieger)  / siege (siegier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  siege v.  MED:  segen v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

mil. to besiege, lay siege upon: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Sarazins Qui sunt al siege al burc (var. (C: s.xiii2) sunt a seger le burc) des Galadins  Anc Test (E) 5979 (var.)
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Segé sunt ben li Breton Tute nuit e tute jur  Brut Royal 2813
( 1307; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] e segerunt Burdeus e les chasteus  Reis Engl1 318.1
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  Quant le counte Patrik [...] et altres qi maintendrent la siege savoient ceste novele, ils se remuerent d’illueqe, et s’en alerent saunz plus seger ou damager les Engleis  Anon Chr2 152
♦ chess to attack, threaten (a piece): 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  .iiij. reys tout enviroun Segé sount de tote pars, Ke mover ne pount en nule plas  Eschez ANTS 30.149

p.pr. as s.

mil. besieger, one who lays siege: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  obsedentium: (R) de sejaunz (var. (D: s.xiii1) de cergauns (l. cegauns))  Gloss Nequam1 247
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  asultus obsidentium (gloss: (D) segans) elida[n]tur et enerventur  TLL i 184.69 and ii 71.69

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See also:

asseger  sege  segeage 
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