Anglo-Norman Dictionary

escreistre (c.1200)

escreistre (c.1200)

[gdw]

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

1to rise, increase in quantity:

( c.1241; MS: s.xiii² ) escressez(Latin: augeatis) vostre estor 392

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.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Meis mult grant dol lur est escru Quant mort truvent le chevaler 932

1to grow, increase in size:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) la pierre […] s’est tant escreue Q’el en devint un si grant mont 19236

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

escreistre