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servil (c.1136-65)

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servil (c.1136-65)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 11,535b servilis; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,669b servile; TL: 9,564 servil; DEAF: servir (servil); DMF: servile; TLF: servile; OED: servile a. and n.; MED: servil(e a.; DMLBS: 3052a servilis ]

servel

a.

1 servile, of a servant:

( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) De deous cremes trovuns escriz: L'une de serf, l'altre de filz. De la servil creme comence Le come[n]çail de sapience De ço que li serf ad pour Qu'en enfern ait peine e dolor 475

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) J.C. servel mestier pur lui fist Quant [...] Deinnat a serfs lur piez laver 4484

♦ anat. (of an organ) subordinate, subject to the control of another organ:

( 1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) L'esplien est servil membre e de ceo avient que de legier suffre taillures e arsures i 77.xxv

servil ovraigne, travail

1 theol. manual work (as prohibited on the Sabbath):

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) par jurs festivals, quant li humes deit entendre a espiritel joie e rep(o)s e cesser de servil travail e de peccheruse uveraine 19

( 1237-40; MS: 1662 ) et de chacune seculere custume et servile overayne et demaunde 22.104

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiii^m ) Deu [...] warda la dimeine En la lei de chescun servil overaine 246

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