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aumaille (s.xii1)
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aumaille (s.xii1)

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aumaile,  aumail,  aumale,  aumaeile;  almaille;  amail,  amaile,  amaille;  animaille,  animale,  animal  (augmaile,  augmaille  YBB Ed II xvii 108,  almeyl  YBB 32-33 Ed I 43,  animaillie  BOZ Cont 76 n.9 ),
(pl. anemaus  Brev Plac 103)  
  FEW:  animal 24,588b Gdf:  almaille 1 1,226b GdfC:  almaille 8,83a TL: aumaille 1,671 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aumaille 1  TLF:  aumaille  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  almalia 68a

s.

zool.animal life: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Iceste mer grande e spaciose […]; Almaille petiz ot les granz; iluec les nés trespasserunt  Oxf Ps ANTS 105.103.27

s. sg. and pl.

livestock(domestic) animal, cattle: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Les tues almailles (Latin: Animalia tua) habiterent en li  Camb Ps 113.LXVII.11
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  riches sunt d’almaille, de bofs e de chevals  FANT OUP 1182
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mil almailles sacrefiat le jur  Anc Test (B) 12429
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  al vert terail (M.E. landschar) Ou li pastour siet ové l’aumail (M.E. orf)  bibb MS (B) 101r
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Le syme jour la tere ahurnastes De amaile e de bestes  Lum Lais ANTS 30
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Arbres, e herbes, e frut e flur, Aumaile e oyseaus ensement  Lum Lais ANTS 5523
( MS: c.1305 )  tote manere de aumayle, ceo est a saver, boefs et vaches  Nov Narr 14
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  la gresse […] de aumail que pris est de beste  Bible Royal 69rb
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