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bisexte (1113-19)
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bisexte (1113-19)

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bisext;  besexte,  bissexte  
  FEW:  bissextus 1,381b Gdf:  besistre 1 1,632c GdfC: ∅ TL: bisseste 1,982 DEAF:  bisseste  DMF:  bissexte  TLF:  bissexte  OED:  bissext n.  MED:  bisext n.  DMLBS:  bissextus 201b

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1timeleap year: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le primer an aprés le bisext  TREVET Cron1 112.27
♦timeleap day, Feb. 29: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ceo sunt .xx. e. iiii. hures Dunt nus faimes un jur [...] Al quart an par raisun, Que nus ‘bisexte’ apelum  Comput ANTS 2090
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Bissexte est un jor de l’an Ke jamés, for le quart an, Ne vent  RAUF ANTS 1173
2blunder: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  trop grant bisexte i fist Simun  S Clem ANTS 2038
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pur le peril que purreit avenir par bisext ou en autre manere  Brev Plac 186
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