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bestiole (s.xii2)
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bestiole (s.xii2)

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pl. bestoilles  
  FEW:  bestia 1,340b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bestiole 8,320c TL: bestïole 1,951 DEAF:  beste (bestïole)  DMF:  bestiole  TLF:  bestiole  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  bestiola 195c

s.

zool.beast, animal: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  les rochiers e les derubes, u a peine nule bestiole pout cunverser  Liv Reis1 47
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  en celle jardin demoerent moultz des diverses bestes come baboins, singes, marmoz et autres diverses bestoilles  Mandeville 363
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