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betum (c.1230)

The form bitume is a cross reference to the following entry:

betum (c.1230)

bitume;  buteme,  butime  (vetoin  Gloss Arab 397.448)  
  FEW:  bitumen 1,386b Gdf:  betun 1,641c GdfC:  beton 8,321a TL: betume 1,957 DEAF:  betun  / betun (betume)  DMF:  béton  TLF:  béton 1  OED:  bitumen n.  MED:  bitumen n.  / botin n.  / bitumei n.  DMLBS:  bitumen 201c

s.

pitch, bitumen
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Betum est estant e trop tenant  Pet Phil 1650
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [A] la buteme feire: Prendre un peis de peiz [...]  Med Recs 209.48
betum judaike
judaike
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