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delta (1356-57)
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delta (1356-57)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF:  delta  OED:  delta n.  MED:  delta n.  DMLBS:  delta 604b
ls(loanword: Greek )
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letterdelta, fourth letter in the Greek alphabet (δ, Δ): 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Si vous voilez savoir de lour A B C quelles letttres ils ount, ici les poez veer ovesqes les nouns qe ils les appellent: alpha, betha, gama, delta, ebrevis, elonge, epilmon, zetha, hetha (l. [t]hetha), iota, kapda, lapda, or, ni, exi, obrevis, pi, cophe, ro, summa, thau, vi, fy, chi, psi, othomega, diacosin  Mandeville 112

[gdw]

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d1 
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