[abestande] (c.1136-37)
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[abestande] (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  asbestos *25,407a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  asbeste (abestande)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
abestante;  albestandne,  bestande  

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1lapid.asbestos, iron-coloured mineral or stone that cannot be extinguished when burning: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Berilz, sardines e crisopaces […] E achates e [abestandes]  (ms. bestandes) (var. (H: s.xiv1/4) abestantes;  (R: s.xiv1) albestandnes )  4884
abestos  albeston 
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