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belue (1155)
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belue (1155)

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  FEW:  belva 1,322b Gdf:  belue 1,618c GdfC: ∅ TL: belue 1,914 DEAF:  bellue 1  DMF:  belue 1  TLF: ∅ OED:  belua n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  belua 190c

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marine belue
zool.mythological sea monster, monstrous creature (possibly with reference to a whale): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  El tens de sun meillur eage [...] Vint de la mer devers Irlande Une beste merveilles grande, Monstre marin, orible beste, D'orrible cors, d'orrible teste; Ço esteit marine belue, Une ainz ne fu si granz veue  Brut WACE 3423

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