composter1 (s.xiii2)
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composter1 (s.xiii2)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,985a componere; Gdf: 2,212a composter; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,637 composter; DEAF:  compondre (composter); DMF:  composter; TLF:  composter 1; OED:  compost v.; MED:  compessen v.; DMLBS: 411a compostare ]
compoter,  compouster  

v.a.

1agriculturalto manure: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Quonam mnodo stercorare gloss: (C) compouster (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) composter, grasser;  (L: s.xiii/xiv) compoter ) oportet agros aut fimo pascere [...]  i 187.162 and ii 77.162
( 1313 )  ele (=earth) est ore compoté et marlee  Ed II xiv.ii 16
( 1350 )  […] les terres arrer, semer et gayner, composter et arreyer  161
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