[buscher]1 (s.xii3/3)
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[buscher]1 (s.xii3/3)

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  FEW:  *busk- *15/ii,24a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  busche 1 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
bucher  

v.n.

1 ven. to beat the bushes: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Il (=huntsman) ad comencé a bucher E a corner e a cercher  1637

v.refl.

1 mil. to lie in ambush, hide before an attack: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 )  Sarazins [...] Sor le Casel de Plains as dunes Le seir devant ja se bucherent, E tote nuit illoc guaiterent Desqu’al matin qu[e] il saillirent Al chemin del ost  7707
busche  buschement  buscher#2  buschette 
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