escumer (s.xii1/3)

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escumer (s.xii1/3)

[ FEW: 17,138a *skum-; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,525a escumer; TL: 3,1025 escumer; DEAF:  escume (escumer); DMF:  écumer; TLF:  écumer; OED:  scum v. / skim v.; MED:  scomen v. / skimmen v.; DMLBS: ]
escomer,  escummer;  escuner,  etscumer (l. eçscumer)  104.140  

v.a.

1to skim
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Pus en cel ewe metez miel Bien escumé, […]  492
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  fetes le confire o mel nettement escumé  138.16
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Encuntre manjue […] Pernez freses en tens d’esté Et bon miel chaut et escumé  156.230
( MS: s.xiv1 )  pernez le jus […] e boilez sur le fu e l’escumez ben e nettement  43.383

v.n.

1to foam, froth
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  le bacin escumerad E l’ewe truble s’en istrat  232.850
( MS: s.xiiiex )  spumo: escumer  ii 169
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Li pot de vostre ventre […] boilliant par vin, legierement escune (var. (BN: s.xivin) escume; Latin: spumat) e chiet en luxure  129.14
to foam, froth (at the mouth)
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Si cumme pudre est triblee Et en buche a chen seit getee, Issi forment escumera  254.1569
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Dui dragun sunt des funz sailli [...]. Bien les veissiez escumer E des geules flambes jeter  7529
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Item pernez un chival tut sor e taunt le facez coure que il escume. E pernez cele escume […]  23.172

p.pr._as_a.

1foaming
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li venz […] Tant le (=wave) demaine, tant l’empeint K’en escumant tut se defreint  152va41
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