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aignel1 (s.xii1/3)
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aignel1 (s.xii1/3)

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aignau,  aigneal;  ainel,  aingnel,  aingnele;  ainnel;  agnal,  agneile,  agnel,  agnelle,  agniel;  angneau,  angniel;  anelle,  aniel  (angel,  anignel  Hosebond 74 ),
(n.sg. agnés  S Aub 334rubr.,  ainals  Anc Test (B) 12984 ),
(pl. aingnias  Secr WATERFORD1 84.416,  auniés,  amyeuz (l. ainyeuz?)  Lib Cust 63,  hainesz  TLL ii 128)  
  FEW:  agnellus 24,264a Gdf:  agnel 1,161c GdfC:  agnel 8,47a TL: agnel 1,208 DEAF:  agnel  DMF:  agneau  TLF:  agneau  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  agnellus 54a

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1livestockmammalslamb: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Beive la od lait de berbiz Ke seit del primerain aignel Ki masle seit  Lapid 237.1011
( MS: s.xii2 )  agnus vel agna: lomb .i. angel vel agna, ewelomb  TLL i 22
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  il tuz vus apele cum pastur ses aigneus  S Aub 1479
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Huronur, motoun et agnel (M.E. Ram, wethur and lombe)  Nominale 732
( MS: s.xvm )  une aynel : angnus  Fr Voc 221
♦theol.the Lamb of God: 
( 1433 )  Item, ung grant croix d’or […] et ou meilleu d’icelle croix, en l’autre costé, a ung aignel d’or et par les dessoubz dudit aignel a de la seint croix, avecques les iiij evangelistes aux .iiij. boutz d’icelle […]  Bedford Inventories B98
2skins(lamb’s) wool: 
( c.1295-98 )  .ij. robes de color ové les forures d’aygnel  Westm Wenlok 246.17
( 1419 )  un pylche de blank agnelle, pris de .ij. s.  Royal Witch 99
♦skins(lamb’s) fleece: 
( 1341 )  garbes, aigneux et tisouns  Northumb 216
noces del aignel
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