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jument (s.xii1)
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jument (s.xii1)

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jumente;  gumente; 
pl. jumens,  jumenz  (gement  158,  gumence (l. gumente)  21-22 Ed I 103,  jumence (l. jumente)  21-22 Ed I 103,  jumend  129.LXXII.22)  
  FEW:  jumentum 5,63b Gdf:  jument 4,671c GdfC:  jument 10,54a TL: jument 4,1865 DEAF:  jument J738 DMF:  jument  TLF:  jument  OED:  jument n.  MED:  jument n.  DMLBS:  jumentum 1512a

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1beast of burden: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  humes e jumenz (Latin: homines et jumenta) tu feras salfs, Sire  59.XXXV.6
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  petit costerels Sur les dos des jumenz Lur lient fermement  1075
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Q'au tiel oultrage (=to harm or hurt one's own parents) se consente, Cil n'est pas digne a mon entente De vivre ensi come la jumente  4784
2horsesfemalezool.mare, female horse: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  il est semblable Al deffrené chuval k'estat en l'estable, Kar quant il est defrenee, saut a la jumente  5444
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec equa: jument  i 425.420
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) (Saracens) plus volenters chevauchent les jumentes [...] ke le[s] chevaus masles  168
( 1304-05 )  deux beles gementz de nostre dit haralz ové lur poleins queles portent ore  158

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