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arbrei (c.1192)

arbrei (c.1192)

arbroie  (abroie,  arbeye (l. arb[r]eye))  
  FEW:  arbor 25,89b Gdf:  arbroi 1,379a GdfC: TL: arbroi 1,498 DEAF: DMF:  arbroi  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

geog.treesbot.woodland
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  En cele terre ad grant arbrei En la manere de saucei  Pr Jean3 126.Y273
( MS: s.xiii )  locus ubi arbores crescunt, arbeye (l. arb[r]eye)  Gloss Garland 165
( 1329-30 )  le lieu […] appellé Orchardesdik […] ou il avoit getté arbroie (var. arbrine), c’est a savoir freyns, keynes […]  YBB 3-4 Ed III 363

See also:

arborie  arbrerie 
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