bestiarie (1121-35)
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bestiarie (1121-35)

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  FEW:  bestia 1,340b Gdf:  bestiaire 1,638b GdfC: ∅ TL: bestïaire 1,950 DEAF:  beste (bestïarie)  DMF:  bestiaire  TLF:  bestiaire 1  / bestiaire 2  OED:  bestiary n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  bestiarius 195c
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1zool.animals: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  En romanz oi l’epistre d’A. retraire Qu’il tramist Aristotle son bon mestre gramaire, Quant il fut en Ynde ou vist la bestiarie  P 48
2occupationlivestockanimal husbandry: 
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  de bestiarie vivoyt Abel  6
3literaturezool.bestiary, treatise on animals (usually with a moralizing purpose): 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Philippe de Taun En franceise raisun Ad estrait Bestiaire, Un livere de gramaire  3
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