boue1 (1121-35)
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boue1 (1121-35)

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  FEW:  *bawa 1,302a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  boe 8,335a TL: böe 1,1194 DEAF:  boe  DMF:  boue 1  TLF:  boue  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
boe,  bou,  bouue,  bouwe,  bow,  bowe,  bouhe  (T) 120r,  boy  ii 58,  boye  ii 74  

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1mud: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  De boe vint limun  671
( MS: s.xiii2 )  limus: (A) bouue  ii 15
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lutum gallice: boue  i 30
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  la carue ne purra ateindre a nulle certeyne terre, mes ira flottant cum en bowe  320
( MS: s.xv )  coluvio: bou  i 156
♦geog.bog, quagmire ( ?): 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  (The Normans) vindrent a une grant bowe ki des Engleis fust la fete pur les deceivere, e la muz de eus chayrent  134
2med.matter, waste (?): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (in lientery) l’assiduel cors des viandes […] si naist une limosité […] et devient escolorjant dou limon de la boue  i 223
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