enlaidir (s.xiii1)
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enlaidir (s.xiii1)

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  FEW:  *laiþ 16,440b Gdf:  enlaidir 3,194b GdfC:  enlaidir 9,471b TL: enlaidir 3,440 DEAF:  lait 1 (enlaidir)  DMF:  enlaidir  TLF:  enlaidir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
enledir,  enleider,  enleidir  

v.a.

1to disfigure, spoil: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  [Q]uant li hoem dunc ne aime vertuz [...], cist neent sulement enlaidist la ymage Deu [...]  i 20
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  La face en out mult enlaidie (=with scrofula), Depecee e engaunie  2618
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  un petit clutet porra mout enleider une bele robe  28.4-5
♦to despoil, ruin: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (God to the serpent:) Issetz fors du leu, feel enemy; Toun houstel serrat enledy  728
2to injure, harm: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (The bats) volent par cel ost qui fust tut estormiz, Par icest[e] tormente furent mult alaiditz (var. (P: c.1310) enleidiz)  5111 (var.)
( MS: 1307-25 )  Ja en ceste siecle ne serra enledi  307
alaidir  laidir 
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