assege (s.xii3/4)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

assege (s.xii3/4)

[ FEW: *11,411b sedicare; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  siege (assiege); DMF:  assiège; TLF: ; OED:  assiege n.; MED:  as(s)ege n.; DMLBS: ]
assiege;  ensege,  ensiege  

s.

1mil.siege
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De les aventures qe avindrent a l’assege de Tyre  p.45rubr
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  a ce q’il lessat l’assiege de Jerusalem  108.2
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le assege del chastelle de M.  120.29
mil.ambush, ambuscade
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E pres de illuc al un a l’autre partie en cheminans comune occasion est as assegez  115.23
mettre assege a
1mil.to besiege, lay siege to
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  ils mistrent assege a la toure (=of London) del part de seint Katerynes vers la south  142.27
remover, remuer l’assege
1mil.to lift the siege
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  le dit ensege removerent  12.12
( 1401; MS: s.xv1 )  pur remuer l’assiege mys entour la chastel de H.  301.13
tenir assege
1 mil. to besiege, lay siege
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 ) et noblement se contena, tenaunt le dit ensege tanqe le dite citee de Reyns a luy fuist rendue  40.26
sege 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
assege