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(
1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1
) Orgoylle en pays est urtiz en herber, Ke surcrest la rose
LANGTOFT thiol2 368.1091
v.intrans.
1to grow (on top):
(
s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200
) Ele (=Haematite) osted char ki surcreist en plaie
Lapid 105.xxvi.7
(
c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4
) E la devant dit puldre devez mettre desur dous foiz le jor jesque al secunde jor que vus verrez que la char i surcresse e s'aferme
A-N Med i 49.xv
2to increase, become more extensive:
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300
) orgoil [...] est surcreue A tuz, e tenue Cuntre humilité
Serm Royal 556
♦(of a liquid) to increase in volume, rise, swell:
(
1212; MS: 1212-13
) Mais sachiez bien [...] Qe por poi n'ert trop tart venu, Car des cuials (='barrels') fut sorcreu Li vins ja tant abondaument Q'espandu fust el pavement
Dial GregSATF 2384
(
1212; MS: 1212-13
) E tant en desrivant sorcrut (the river) Q’il passot desus les fenestres
Dial GregSATF 11130
(
1360-79; MS: s.xivex
) ly sergant [...] ot cink besantz a sa partie, Et pour ce q’il deinz sa baillie Les fist au double surcrescant
GOWERMirour 15630
surcreistre (s.xii2/4)