1to clear (ground):
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
s’esforçot Des ronces la place essarter
4661
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Le liu ad fait esmunder De runcerei e essarter
5807
(
c.1235;
MS: c.1235
)
Asaartent boisuns e bois
386rubr
♦
lawto assart (to 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
1to clear ground:
(
s.xii3/3;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Si començad a essarter [...] A une part sa loge ad fait
1480
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