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exesse, exedere [CL] 1 to eat up or away, devour; b (w. bird, fish, or worm as subj.); c (w. fire or iron as subj.); d (w. abstr. subj.). exesus, comestus GlC E 534; exesum vel comessum, consumptum, ‥ esum, ‥ þurhetan GlH E 474; exedi, manduco Ib. 475; exedendus, devorandus Ib. 487; 9‥ exedi, ic et WW. b vermiculus ligni ‥ permodicus ‥ fortissimum ligni robur exedens consumit Bede Kings (2 Kings viii 2) 721; tradunt iterum quod cujusdam jecur ibi vultur exedat Hon. Spec. Eccl. 1057D; cujus corporis pars media ‥ piscibus devorantibus exesa nunquam comparuit R. Cold. Godr. 108; vermis ‥ lento morsu interiora [impudicatoris] exedens G. Steph. II 77; unde et jecur exesum a vulture in penam renasci dicitur Alb. Lond. DG 6. 5; adhibita est aquila, ut cor exederet [Promethei] Ib. 10. 10; exesa cernimus ligna terredine Walt. Wimb. Carm. 405. c obstupendum quomodo ignis ‥ pertransire vel exedere domum non presumpserit R. Cold. Godr. 158; [ferrum] lenia renum latera exedendo corruperat Id. Cuthb. 94 (cf. ib. 20: ferrei compedis rigor omnem tenere pellicule superficiem exedendo minoraverat). d qui ebriosum condemnant virus invidiae quo exeduntur ipsi non videant Bede Hom. I 25. 108. 2 to consume, emaciate, waste away. exese carnes, sanguis exhaustus, ossa suis vacuata medullis Ailr. Ed. Conf. 785A; ossa exesa et demolita W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 23; per exesos carnium anfractus Ib.; fronde senio exesa R. Cold. Osw. 17; frons tumet et labiis serpentis vulnere cancri / turpiter †exelis [MS: exesis] fetet odore gravi Nig. Mir. BVM 1614; arcet ab accessu solo fetore clientes / vulnus et †exeli [MS: exesi] vulneris atra lues Ib. 1634. 3 to hollow out, cut away. exesum, ‥ aholad GlH E 474; far per genus mol[l]icionis fit de quolibet grano panifico si solum retundetur exesis capitibus et decorticetur Alph. 62.

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