emblee1 (c.1136-37)
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emblee1 (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  involare 4,804b Gdf:  emblee 3,32a / emblé 3,31c GdfC:  emblee 9,432b TL: emblee 3,48 DEAF:  embler (emblee)  DMF:  emblée  TLF:  emblée (d')  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
emblé,  embled;  enblee  

s.

en emblee(s)
1by stealth, furtively, secretly: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Tut en emblee donc chevacherent  3074
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  eis vos uns lerres gloutons Une nuet venant en emblees  11421
prendre en, par emblee(s) (de)
1lawto steal, take away illegally: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  un fiz mort deled mei culchad e le mien en emblees prist  117
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  uns homs [...] prist en emblees de la chose entredite  ii 25
( 1304 )  [...] tut fut ensci [...] qe J. soun frere ust pris (=wood) par emblez saunz estre degagé  32-33 Ed I 263

adv.?

1 by stealth, furtively, secretly: 
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1335 )  E puis se (l. le) fist tut vif escorcher enblee (l. en [em]blee?)  105.299
embleis  embler#1  emblette  emblour  emblure 
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