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sambue (s.xii3/4)
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sambue (s.xii3/4)

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sambeue  (sarcibues ii 45.86)  
  FEW:  sambuca 11,136b Gdf:  sambue 1 7,301a / sambue 2 7,301b GdfC: ∅ TL: sambüe 9,130 DEAF:  sambue  DMF:  sambue  TLF: ∅ OED:  saumbu n.  MED:  sambu n.  DMLBS:  sambuca 5 2922b

It is not always possible to distinguish the between sambu and sambue as both can gloss Latin sambuca. Sambu ultimately derives from a Greek etymon, while sambue is Germanic in origin.

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equit. saddle, or saddle-cloth, specifically for a small riding horse for a woman: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cleopatras chevache un[e] mule kernue Plus blanche qe n'est neif, de fin or la sambue  716
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Meinte sambeue dessiree E meinte sele reversee  3909
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Les braz pendanz come sambue  626
sambue a dame
equit.saddle, or saddle-cloth, specifically for a small riding horse for a woman: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  sambuca: sambue a dame  i 229
( MS: s.xiv )  saginas: sambues a dame  ii 59

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See also:

sambuer 
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