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[wr/gdw]

FEW: serare 11,500b / inserere 4,711b Gdf: enserrer 3,236a GdfC: enserrer 9,478c / inserer 10,19c TL: enserrer 3,527 / inserer 4,1404 DEAF: serrer (enserrer) / inserer I305 DMF: enserrer / insérer TLF: enserrer 1 OED: insere v. MED: inseren v. DMLBS: inserere 2 1401b

enserer, enserreier; inserrer,
pr.p. ensarant 59

v.a.1to lock up, confine, detain ♦ to lock away, store under lock and key 2to enclose, hem in 3to entrap, capture 4to insert, embed ♦ to mix in, add to a mixture ♦ to include 5to shut, close
v.n.1to be inserted, embedded
v.refl.1to shut oneself away, confine oneself 2to insert, embed oneself
p.p._as_a.1locked up, confined, detained ♦ locked away, stored under lock and key 2shut away, confined ♦ shut in, enclosed in safety 3concerned, anxious 4in distress, in dire straits

v.a.

1to lock up, confine, detain:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Par covenant en doit tut son voler fere, Mes nel mette en prison n’en anels n’enserre 5334

( c.1165; MS: s.xiii² ) De ceo ke ele iert bele e gente, En li garder mist mut s'entente; Dedenz sa tur l'ad enserreie En une grant chambre pavee 103.27

♦ to lock away, store under lock and key:

(1356-57; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Et aussy touz les biens du pais sont comunes, bledz et autres choses qar rien n’est enclos rien n’est enserrez, auques prent chescun ceo qe ly plest 332

( 1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Paour est ly bons tresorers, Qui gart tous les tresors entiers Qui deinz le cuer sont enserré 11271

2to enclose, hem in:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) [...] la fier[e] vengeisons Paront Alisandre destruit les males nacions E enclost e enserra vint e deus regions 6525

( c.1300; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) L’ewe clot e enserre, Si decurt par desuz tere 259

3 to entrap, capture:

( 1121-35; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) Li gupilz signefie Diable [...]: A gent en carn vivant Demustre mort semblant Tant que en mal sunt entré En sa buche enserré 1802

4to insert, embed:

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv¹ ) darz Qu’el dur fust serré (var. (B: s.xiv^2/4) enserré ) esteyent 2461 (var.)

♦ to mix in, add to a mixture:

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Pus si pernet cel eawe ke mut serra ruge, si enserret [...] mercurie tut vif 379.1

♦to include:

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) O payn[e] purra avenyr Ke l’em peusse sustenyr Le cors en chose bosoynable, Ke delyt ne ensere chalaungable 1898

5to shut, close:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) la recluse [...] ne vout pas fermer ses (var. (BN: s.xivⁱⁿ) les) fenestres de ses euz, ne ses euz en serrez (l. enserrer) encountre la greve mort de l’alme 177.15

v.n.

1to be inserted, embedded:

( s.xiv¹; MS: s.xiv^m ) un mortayse ou le pee de la croiz y enserroit (var. (E: s.xiv¹) inserroit) 100.5

enserrer de, en

1 to mix in with:

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Pus ensechez cel cauz, et pus le enserrez de oyle de anet ensen[b]lement ové oyle de olive 380.6

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) En cel oyle enserrez vostre poudre 380.8

v.refl.

1to shut oneself away, confine oneself:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) l'empereur recreu [...] Dedenz Candaire =Kantara Castle s’enserra, Por sa honte son doel merra 2014

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) recluses e noneins [...] ke se font (var. (BN: s.xivⁱⁿ) sunt) enserrez contre le leon de enfern 245.13 (var.)

2to insert, embed oneself:

( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) Par ces veines (=in the ground) l’ewe s’enserre, E aruse la secke terre 389

s'enserrer en

1 to insert, plunge oneself into:

( MS: c.1300 ) la lune [...] Corant irra dreit a la grant mer; Dedenz se vodra enserrer Por eschivre le grant jor de ire 152v

p.p._as_a.

1 locked up, confined, detained:

( 1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Tu dois garder Ton consail comme ton prisonner Clos deinz le cuer bien enserrez 13677

♦ locked away, stored under lock and key:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) chartres, escriz loiaux, tresor e teles choses enserrees 150

2shut away, confined:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) recluses e noneins [...] ke se font (var. sont) enserrez contre le leon de enfern 245.13

♦ shut in, enclosed in safety:

( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii² ) Quant la porte as Turs fu fermee E lor genz dedenz enseree [...] 9171

3fig.emotionconcerned, anxious:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Des dous (=missing monks) sevent cum unt erret, Mais de cest terz sunt enserret 1498

4in distress, in dire straits:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Suvent lur dist cum unt erret, U furent bien u enserret 1822

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