esmunder (c.1136-65)

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esmunder (c.1136-65)

[ FEW: 6/iii,214b mundare; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,438c emonder; TL: 3,1127 esmonder; DEAF: ; DMF:  émonder; TLF:  émonder; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 776b emundare ]
esmonder,  esmounder;  emunder;  amunder  

v.a.

1also_fig.to cleanse
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Lor corages vunt arosant, E lor ordeez eslavant, Ke sis esmundet lor doctrine, Come doit rade de cretine, [...]  10709
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Esmondez i sont li lieprous  14919
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  esmunder e eslaver ordure endurcee  i 17
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  l’ewe [...] Que puissance eust d’esmunder E cors e alme d’encumbrer  2292
( MS: s.xiii2 )  emuncté: emungé  i 149
2to clear (by cutting away)
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Le liu ad fait tost emunder De ru[n]cerei e assarter  5805
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