balain1 (s.xii2)

balain1 (s.xii2)

  FEW:  *banatlo 1,232b Gdf: GdfC:  balain 8,277b TL: balain 1 1,812 DEAF:  balai (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  balea 177c
balaine,  balein,  baleine  

s.

1rod
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  jo vus baterai de grandimes balains ki serunt durs e espinus  141
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Qe la paumoire de sa main Plus redoutot q’enfes balain  11820
2domesticimplementbroom, besom
( MS: s.xiii2 )  scopa: balein  i 380
( MS: s.xiii2 )  scoba .i. balayne  (ed. balay(n)e)  i 297
( MS: s.xiii2 )  scobs scoba: baleine balei(n)e  i 88
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