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vitailler2 (1314-16)

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vitailler2 (1314-16)

vitailer,  vitailier,  vitaillier  

v.trans.

to provision, provide with food
( 1314-16 )  le dit pele n'est mie vitaillé ne herbergé  25
( 1333 )  mais ils ne deyvent vitailler la dite ville [...] des vitailles, armures ne d'autres choses  i 254
( 1393-94 )  pour poisons prendre [...] pour vitailler tout le pays  iii 328

v.refl.

to provision oneself
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dit duc prist deux de les niefs pleyns de vine pur luy vitailler et les autres seignours  120.18

sbst. inf.

provisioning
( 1377; MS: s.xv1 )  nous [...] avons [...] ordineez pur vitailler et pur les reparacion et efforcement d'ycelx (= castles)...  164.111.58

See also:

envitailler 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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