assegement (s.xii1)
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assegement (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  sedicare 11,412a Gdf:  assiegement 1,445a GdfC: ∅ TL: assegement 1,571 DEAF:  siege (*)  DMF:  assiègement  TLF: ∅ OED:  assiegement n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1 mil. siege, act or process of surrounding and attacking a castle, town, fortress, etc.: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Enz menas nus en assegement (Latin: obsidionem)  111.LXV.9
( 1327 ) autre enditement fait ore tard a Hertford [...] de conspiraciez, confederauciez, assegementz faites a sa abbeie et autres mauvettez faites a lui et a sa abbeie  241
assege#1  assegeance  asseger 
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