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FEW: *exsartum 3,318a Gdf: essarter 3,568b GdfC: essarter 9,553a TL: essarter 3,1292 DEAF: essart (essarter) DMF: essarter TLF: essarter OED: assart v. / essart v. MED: ∅ DMLBS: essartare 804b / exsartare 864b

asaarter, assarter, assartir, assartyr; ensartrer; essartrer

v.a.

1to clear (an area) of vegetation:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) s’esforçot Des ronces la place essarter 4661

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Le liu ad fait esmunder De runcerei e essarter 5807

♦lawto assart, clear (an area) and convert it into arable land:

( 1293 ) assartyr le boys est oster le buche e torner le en terre arable 20-21 Ed I 413

2 mil. to devastate, lay waste (vegetation):

( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Egrement assaut la terre Cum ki la pensa cunquere, U al meins l’avoir estrere. Bois e gardins fait asaarter, Musters e maisuns arder 185

3 to slaughter, massacre (people):

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Hoel e sun cusin Walwein [...] pur lur cumpaignuns vengier [...] Romeins destruient e essartent 12821

v.absol.

1to clear ground:

( s.xii^3/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Si començad a essarter [...] A une part sa loge ad fait 1480

essart essarteure sarter

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