bleterun (c.1136-37)
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bleterun (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: 1,662a bleteron; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  bleteron; DMF:  bleteron; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED:  bletron n.; DMLBS: 203c blettro ]
bletron;  blertron,  blertrun;  blestron,  blestrun;  blettrun , 
pl. blektrouns,  bleuturis  

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1treesbot.sapling: 
( 1307 )  Nous trovoms en un lu l. bletrons e en un autre leu x. cheynes  34-35 Ed I 543
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  fustis: bleuturis  ii 83
♦treesbot.branch: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Dous bleteruns trovent trenchiez, [...] Ne sunt trop gros, mes lung esteient  6375
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  fetes enquerer ou ewe de pluvye seyt demuré dedenz arbres croyz, ou dedenz blektrouns de fuz coupez  424
♦set of saplings, palissade: 
( 1372 )  que a R.D. faces [...] delivrer un blestron [...] pur encloser un orchard  ii 106
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