estrangluter (c.1165)

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estrangluter (c.1165)

[wr/gdw]

  FEW:  gluttire 4,172a / strangulare 12,287a Gdf:  estrangloter 3,643a GdfC: TL: DEAF:  glotir (*estranglotir) G899 DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
estranglutir  

This formation from the gluttire etymon was probably influenced by estrangler (cf. FEW 12,287a and DEAF G899).

v.a.

1to swallow (up) whole, devour
( c.1165; MS: s.xii4/4 )  En sun cul se fie, ki herce estranglute  6.96
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  la beste la gule ovri, Devora le e trangluti (var. (L: s.xiiiex) le si estrangluti )  3450 (var.)
glutir  strangluter  transglutir 
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