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asseger (1155)

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FEW: sedicare 11,409b Gdf: assegier 1,427a GdfC: asegier 8,198a TL: assegier 1,571 DEAF: siege (assegier) DMF: assiéger TLF: assiéger OED: assiege v. MED: as(s)egen v. DMLBS: assegiare 139c

acegir; asager, aseger, asegier, asejer, asieger, asiegier, asiger; assegere, assegger, assegir, assejer, assieger, assiger

v.a.1to besiege, lay siege to (a castle, town, fortress, etc.)
p.pr._as_s.1besieger
p.p._as_a.1beset, beleaguered

v.a.

1mil.to besiege, lay siege to (a castle, town, fortress, etc.):

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Androgeus le rei cremeit, Ki Lundres aseger vuleit 4544

( s.xii^ex; MS: c.1200 ) obsidere .i. ‘assegger’ 145.112

( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 ) De totes parz asseja il Samaire (E) 14761

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) insidiatur: (D) seit acegi 247

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) Roilas […] Assege une feiz cele cité 235.7

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) nostre alme ke diables avoient essegee (var. (BN: s.xivⁱⁿ) assegé) en un chastel 143.5 (var.)

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) l’emperour assegea la citee de Florence 349.17

( 1343-50 ) le roy assembla host et assega le chastel 42.23

p.pr._as_s.

1mil.besieger:

( MS: s.xiii ) obsidentium: des assegauns ii 93.69

p.p._as_a.

1emotionbeset, beleaguered:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) Li dolerus pecchour issi assegé en (var. (Bd: c.1300) de) tant de tristur 57.22

asseer assege#1 assegeance assegement enseger esseger rasseger seger#1

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