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esteiller (1121-25)

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[ FEW: 12,253a stella; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,560a esteler 1; TL: 3,1372 esteler 2; DEAF: ∅; DMF: étoiler / étoilé; TLF: étoiler / étoilé; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 3191a stellare ]

esteiler; esteller, esteler; estoilier, estoiller, eteiler

v.a.

1astron.to fill with stars:

( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Quant li filz fait le pere, li ordres est muez: Li ciels est suz la terre, n’est un point estelez 4825

( s.xii^4/4; MS: s.xii^4/4 ) S’il oust ore un tel ciel crié, E se il le poust si esteller [...] 2665

p.p._as_a.

1astron.starry:

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) [...] A lui qui fist cel estelet 1278

( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv¹ ) la nuit al ciel esteilé 1412

( s.xiii¹; MS: s.xiii^m ) li cels ki est solier estelé i 7.9

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) Li esperitz [...] regne eu cel esteillé 1017

( MS: c.1335 ) Le ciel fust estoillé saunt nue iii 160.220

( MS: s.xiv¹ ) en tens cler kaunt le firmament est esteilé 42.368

♦zool.(of animals) blazed, bearing a white spot on the head:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) El frunt devant sunt (=tame wolves) estelez, Cum si Deu les eust merchez 307

♦decor.studded:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) (the walls were) D’un blanc argent burni, de fin or estelees 4303

♦spangled:

( 1273-82; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Ceste char de sanc arosee Est droitement ciel apelee, Kar de son sank est estelee 491

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