escreistre (c.1200)
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escreistre (c.1200)

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  FEW:  excrescere 3,282b Gdf:  escroistre 2 3,445c GdfC: ∅ TL: escroistre 3,1014 DEAF:  escroistre  DMF:  escroistre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  excrescere 836c
escresser; 
p.p. escreu,  escru  

v.a.

1to rise, increase in quantity: 
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  escressez(Latin: augeatis) vostre estor  392

v.n.

1 (of body of water) to increase, rise: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  si cume l’ewe del deluvie jadis escrut Sur tuz les munz quinze cutes  98.77
2 to befall: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin ) Meis mult grant dol lur est escru Quant mort truvent le chevaler  932

v.refl.

1to grow, increase in size: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  la pierre […] s’est tant escreue Q’el en devint un si grant mont  19236

p.p._as_s.

1one who has grown, increased in size: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  As petiz est dunee predestinatiun par gregeted de mort, as plus escreuz par travails  58.31
acreistre  creistre  encreistre 
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