aimant1 (1121-35)

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aimant1 (1121-35)

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  FEW:  adamas 24,132a Gdf: GdfC:  aimant 8,59c TL: äimant 1,240 DEAF:  aïmant  DMF:  aimant  TLF:  aimant  OED:  aymont n.  MED:  aimant n.  DMLBS:  adamas 25c
aamant;  aimand,  aimande,  aimante,  aimaunt;  aimont;  amand,  amant;  aymant,  aymaunt,  aimas  29.49  

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1lapid.adamant, very hard kind of rock that has been associated with diamond but also has the magnetic properties of lodestone
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 ) Qu’il vit un barun seant Dedesur le munt d’aimant. En sa main le adamant ot  2926
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  La guige fu d'un paile escarimant, E la fuille est feite d'un a[i]mant  274
( MS: s.xiii1 )  adamante: (R) aymaunt (var. (J: s.xiii1) aimant)  255.170
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  estable cum fer u aimant  1148
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Pernez un aimant, si metez desuz la teste la femme  290.207
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Amand est une piere preciouse qe trest a lui le fer  78
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pernez [...] un pois de piere de aimont, id est magnete  394.61
adamant  adamantin  adamas  andaine  diamand 
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