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composter1 (s.xiii2)
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composter1 (s.xiii2)

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compoter,  compouster  
  FEW:  componere 2/ii,985a Gdf:  composter 2,212a GdfC: ∅ TL: composter 2,637 DEAF:  compondre (composter)  DMF:  composter  TLF:  composter 1  OED:  compost v.  MED:  compessen v.  DMLBS:  compostare 411a

v.trans.

agriculturalto manure: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Quonam mnodo stercorare (gloss: (C) compouster) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) composter, grasser;  (L: s.xiii/xiv) compoter ) oportet agros aut fimo pascere [...]  TLL i 187.162 and ii 77.162
( 1313 )  ele (=earth) est ore compoté et marlee  YBB Ed II xiv.ii 16
( 1350 )  […] les terres arrer, semer et gayner, composter et arreyer  Lett AF 161

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