beter1 (s.xii1/3)
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beter1 (s.xii1/3)

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[ FEW: 1,345a *bettare; Gdf: 1,641a beter 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,956 beter 2; DEAF:  beter 2; DMF:  béter 2; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED:  se n. 1; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

v.n.

1pathol.med.to congeal, coagulate: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (in dysentery) le sans decort dou membre chaut [...] as membres froiz [...] et s’en ist tot betez et amoncelez  i 221

p.p._as_a.

1toponymRed (Sea): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Encerché ad A. les mers caspien[e]s [...] Les ruges, les betees [...]  6594
la Mer Betee
1 toponym Ocean: 
( MS: s.xii2 ) oceanum, garsecg: mer betee  35.1
2toponymthe Red Sea: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  pere esprovee Ke l’en trove en Mer Bete[e] (Latin: in mari Rubro)  245.1280
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