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estive (s.xii1)

The form astive is a cross reference to the following entry:

estive (s.xii1)

astive, 
(pl. estivius  TLL ii 121)  
  FEW:  stipes 12,271a Gdf:  estive 1 3,615a GdfC: TL: estive 1 3,1396 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  stifle n. 1  MED:  stifle n. 1  DMLBS:

s.

1anat.leg, shin-bone
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Neient en fortece de chaval volunted avrad, ne en estives d’ume bienploude chose sera a lui (Latin: nec in tibiis viri beneplacitum erit ei)  Oxf Ps ANTS 131.146.11
2musicpipe
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Un riches hom de Thebes, qui des ars fu sachant E savoit d’estives, de harpe e de chant  Rom Chev ANTS 2253
( MS: s.xiii2 )  tibia: est instrumentum ‘astive’, sic est quoque membrum ‘chambe’  TLL ii 24
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Harpe e estive et timpaus (l. timpans)  Chev Dé 565
( MS: s.xiv )  tibia (quodam instrumentum): estive  TLL ii 154
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  tibie: (L) astive  TLL ii 71
3agriculturalimplementplough-handle
( MS: s.xiii2 )  stiva: (C) le estive, la manche (var. (D: xiii/xiv) maunche)  TLL ii 77
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) stivam: (D*) estive, le manche, andel (var. (C: s.xiiiex) la mance;  (D: s.xiii/xiv) la manicle )  TLL ii 134

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stive 
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