† asservev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. To serve, attend to (a person).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend upon as servant [verb (transitive)]
serveeOE
asservec1330
waitc1384
await1393
tenda1400
attend1469
intendc1500
c1330 MS. Laud. No. 108. 104 b Þare he miȝte beo al one To aservi Godes wille.
c1470 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 66 Nor to suffer theyre owne servauntes muche conversaunt..whyles the Kinge specially shal be asservinge.
b. (?) To serve up (a dish).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)]
servec1275
spenda1375
serve1381
to serve forth1381
ministerc1400
messa1425
sewc1440
to serve ina1450
to serve upc1475
asservec1500
dish1587
appose1593
to usher in1613
send1662
to hand round1692
to serve away1709
hand1851
c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 369 The kerver..most asserve [? assewe] every disshe in his degre.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Asserve, to serve to.
2. To deserve, merit.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill)
earnOE
of-earna1200
ofservec1225
serve?a1300
servec1300
asservec1325
ofgo1340
deservea1400
demerit1539
promerit1581
be-earn1596
supererogate?1624
emerit1648
rate1906
c1325 MS Coll. Trin. Oxon. (Halliw.) 57 Ich thonky the..That ich it have aserved In atte the ȝatis to wende.
a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 147 Vche mon schal haue as þei a serue.
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