[suffuir] (s.xii1)
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[suffuir] (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  fodere 3,664b Gdf:  sousfouir 7,548c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  foïr (suffoïr)  / foïr (*suffoër)  DMF:  soufouir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  suffodere 3281b
suffoer, suffoir,  suffouer, 
p.p. suffoide,  suffodie  

v.a.

1to dig beneath, undermine: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  ils eussent suffoué les murs, nient sachantz les Sarrazins, et mistrent feu dedeinz les pertuz  29.13
2to bury, hide underground: 
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  pus paremplez le pot de purneles e sufouez le souz terre .ix. nuitz  ii 268
3to dig up, uncover: 
( c.1270; MS: c.1270-75 )  les marchaunz de seincte Eglise mettent lur tresor la u laruns nel poent embler ne suffuir  1006

v.n.

1 to dig beneath or at the base: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ly autre a besche e od pichois [...] Suffoient entur la parei  3153

p.p._as_s.

1something that has been undermined: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Esprise de fu e suffoide (Latin: suffossa) (var. (P: s.xii4/4) suffodie ), de l'encrepement del tuen volt perirunt  91.79.17
fuir#2  defuir#2  desenfuir  enfuir#2 
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