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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1513
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Enter(e, Entyre, v. [ME. entere, -ter (1303), entyre, OF. enterrer.] tr. To inter, bury.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 62.
He saw a cors … That ser men in gret effere War bownand furth it to enter a1400 Ib. 72.
Here Drusiane … We beyre nov to enterrit be c1420 Wynt. ii. 1594.
Thare that tyme dede wes Anchyses, And in that ile enteryde wes c1420 Ib. vi. 308; etc.
With solempne and hey serwys He wes enteryd in Saynt Denys(b) 1375 Barb. xix. 224.
Thar, with gret solempnite And with gret dule, entyrit [E. erdyt] wes he a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 965.
Hyre body thane … sancte Maxymyn … can entyre In place, quhare he had ordanyt here … hyme self to ly c1420 Wynt. v. 702.
The banys off Saynt Paule he hade In tyll hys kyrk, and thare gert he Entyre thame wyth solempnyte 1513 Doug. x. xiii. 164.
Onto thy parentis handis and sepultre I thé beleif tobe entyrit 1513 Ib. xi. iv. 71.
Nor with mayr wirschip list me entyre thé
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