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sevelir (s.xiim)

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sevelir (s.xiim)

sepeiler,  sepeilir,  sepelier,  sepeliere,  sepelir,  sepellir;  seveler,  sevellier,  sevelyr  
  FEW:  sepelire 11,476b Gdf:  sevelir 7,410a GdfC: TL: sevelir 9,601 DEAF:  sevelir  DMF:  sepelir  / sevelir  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  sepelire 3033c

v.trans.

to inter, bury, place in a grave or tomb
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (J.C.) Despendu fud e seveli E en un sepulcre posé  Salemon 1018
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Li reis fist le cors conreer E sepelir e enterrer A la guise que cil faiseient Ki la lei paenur teneient  Brut WACE 7892
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  li riches huem qui fut seveliz en enfer  Paroles Salomun 3714
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  li cors sont deguerpiz, Q'enz es mostiers sont sepeliz  Dial Greg SATF 19320
( 1372 )  l'esglise Seint Paule de Londres ou le corps de dite Blanche est sevelliez  GAUNT1 ii 24
( 1391 )  jeo devise ma alme a Dieu mon creatour, et mon corps sepeliere ou Dieu plerra  Test Ebor i 138
( 1414 )  Nicholas Mortymer [...], le corps de qi est sepeliez en mesme l'esglise  Rot Parl1 iv 43

p.p. as a.

buried, entombed
( MS: s.xiim )  (J.C.) Sufferz suz Pontie-Pilate, crucefiez, morz e sepeliz  Oxf Ps1 255
( 1402 )  lendemayn ensuant il vorroit estre mort et sevelez  Rot Parl1 iii 485

[gdw]

See also:

desevelir  ensevelir  sepucral  sepucre  sepulture 
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