surpeiser (s.xiiiex)

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surpeiser (s.xiiiex)

[gdw]

[FEW: 8,193a pensare; Gdf: 7,483c sorpeser; GdfC: ; TL: 9,913 sorpeser; DEAF:  peser (sorpeser); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

v.a.

1to outweigh, carry more weight than
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 ) Iceste amur seulement serra mise en balance seint Michel, e ceus ke plus eimunt serrunt plus hautement de Deu reguerdonez, e ne mie ceus ke plus dure vie demeinent, [...] car amur le (= mortification) surpeise  140.22
peiser#1  sur#2 
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