1fig.fact of being stretched open (like a flower in bloom):
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
Et large estoit espanye celle seynte rose contre le solail, voir si large espanye estoit le douz Jesus sur la croice qe tout desrumpi veynes et nerfs et la tendre douce peel, qe le grant espanissement de bras, de mayns, de jambes et de pieez estoit si merveillous et si large, qe c'estoit bien grant hidour a veoir a vous, douce bele Dame
155.24
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espanissement (1354)