eslaver (s.xii1)
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eslaver (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  lavare 5,218b Gdf:  eslaver 3,478b GdfC: ∅ TL: eslaver 3,1087 DEAF:  laver (eslaver)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
eslever,  esliever  

v.a.

1 to wash, cleanse: 
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Pur la bouche eslever. Quissez lé roses en eisil, si tenez l'ewe en vostre bouche  176
♦theol.to wash, cleanse (of sin): 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Jesus Crist tot eslevat Quant le pechié del monde ostad  11645
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiin )  Et l'eve ki vint de sun (=J.C.'s) lez Nus ad blanchiz et eslavez  175
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Il duna nofs comandemenz Pur eslaver nos quors sullenz  1857
2theol.to wash away, remove (sin): 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  sulunc la multitudine de tes merciz esleve (Latin: dele) les meies felunies  88.L.1
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  ki escut la pudre de vains pensers e eslieve suillures de pecchiez  i 20
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 ) le pecheur [...] vult [...] ses maus [...] par tuz bienfez eslaver  2609
eslaver de
1 fig. to efface, erase from: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Seient eslavé del livre des vivanz  82.68.33
eslavement  laver  reslaver 
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