[ensaimer] (c.1145)
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[ensaimer] (c.1145)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  sagina 11,55b Gdf:  ensaimer 3,227a / essaimer 3,564c GdfC: ∅ TL: essäimer 3,1289 / ensäimer 3,506 DEAF:  saïm (ensaïmer)  / saïm (essaïmer)  DMF:  ensaimer  / essaimer 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  essaimare 804a
ensaimier,  enssaimer,  esaimer (l. e[n]saimer?),  essaimer  

Some spelling forms (and the existence of the English verb enseam v.) suggest that ensaimer and essaimer2 were confused, even though they mean exactly the opposite.

v.a.

1to fatten: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Engraissiez est li amez e recalcitrat, engraissiez, esaimez (l. e[n]saimer?), ensampliz (Latin: Incrassatus est dilectus et recalcitravit, incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus)  274.22
( MS: c.1145 ) encraissiez, enssaimez (var. (C: s.xiim) ensaimiez;  (P: s.xii4/4) essaimez ), essampliz  244.22
essaimer#1  saimer 
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