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blester (1304)

blester (1304)

(bleytrer  20-21 Ed I 417 bloter)  
[ FEW: 1,410a blista; Gdf: 1,662a blester; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  blestre (blester); DMF:  blostrer; TLF: ; OED:  blister v.; MED:  blisteren v.; DMLBS: 203c blestare ]

v.trans.

to turn over, break (ground)
( 1329-30 )  wast fut [...] en araser arbres, en fower marl et argil, en bloter (var. blester) les prees  3-4 Ed III 286

v.absol.

to break the ground
( 1304 )  vus ne devez pas fower turbes en cel lieu, mes blester tantum; e de aver la bleste e de aver la feute sunt tut divers  32-33 Ed I 41
( 1308-09 )  soleient prendre deinz la dite foreste d’E. buche secke esteant & gisant, & blester & fouer turbe pur arder  i 279
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