1to strip, deprive (of):
(
1163-70;
MS: s.xiii2
)
li arcevesque E. [...] out [...] Le boen arcevesque R. De l’arcevesqué espuillié
4857
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
En l’endemain vont il les rens cercher Pur espuiller les mors de lur escuz
(B) 8679
2to despoil, plunder:
(
a.1382;
MS: a.1382
)
[...] mesouns de religioun plenerment espoliaunt
4.15
(
1402
)
desrobbé ou espoilé sur le mere
iii 502
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