enservager (c.1240)
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enservager (c.1240)

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  FEW:  servus 11,550a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: enservagier 3,528 DEAF:  servir (enservagier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
ensorvager (l. enservager?)  

v.a.

1to enslave: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Gyus ke sunt esparpilez, Par tut li munde ensorvagez (l. enservagez?)  12
♦to reduce to serfdom: 
( 1327 )  par quele chartre il serreiount enservagetz, et de lour fraunchises oustez  138

p.p._as_a.

1 enslaved, subjugated: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) li malfé [...] Par ke seum enservagé, Amen dites par charité  485.XL.148
enservir  servage 
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