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esnetter (c.1135)

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[ FEW: 7,148b nitidus; Gdf: 3,503b esnetier; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1135 esnetiier; DEAF: net (anetir, ennetir, esneter) / netoiier (esnetiier); DMF: enneter; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

aneitir, anetter; ennettir; esnetier, esnettir

v.a.

1fig.to cleanse, purify:

( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 ) Sire Dex, mon cuer esnetie, Que n'i remaigne felonie 41.526 (A)

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii¹ ) charité Ki cunforte hume ennetté 362

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) amur ke esnettist e esclarsist du tut le quer de homme 138.27

♦pharm.med.to purify, refine:

( MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) Plum deyt estre aparailé en tele manere et ennettiz 385.34

♦med.to clean, wash (a wound):

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Al commencement anettez la plaie i 70

( MS: c.1300 ) Kar si cete herbe mise hi seit, La playe vus aneyt 307.66

sbst._inf.

1med.cleaning, washing (of a wound):

( c.1240; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Icest oignement vaut mut a la plaie porrie por aneitir e por faire bone char venir i 72

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