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avantmetre (s.xiii)
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avantmetre (s.xiii)

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avauntmetre  
  FEW:  mittere *6/ii,191a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  metre 2 (*)  DMF:  avant-mettre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  antemittere 93b

v.trans.

1to put forward: 
( 1310 )  solonc le purport de l’escript qe vous avez avantmys  YBB Ed II ii 185
♦to expound, explain: 
( MS: s.xiii )  exponendo: avaunt metant  TLL i 131-2
2fig.to prefer, set above: 
( MS: s.xivm )  ceo (=widow’s mite) est avaunt mis devaunt les richesces  S Jer 5ra

p.p. as a.

aforementioned: 
( 1347 )  […] si qe poi en eide des custages avantmises fut levé  Rot Parl1 ii 166

See also:

avant1 
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