eban (s.xii3/4)
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eban (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  ebenus 3,199a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  ebene 9,421c TL: eban 3,10 / ebeine 3,10 DEAF:  ebenus (eban)  DMF:  ébène  TLF:  ébène  OED:  ebon n. and a.  MED:  eben(us n.  DMLBS:  hebenus 1141b
ebanne;  hebene;  iban  

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1bot.treesebony-tree, Diospyros ebenum: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Alisandre puissanz, Mil chevals vous dorray [...] E del fust de hebene .vc. ceptres vaillanz  7000
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Un ydle el Nil ad nun Menee, El chief de Ethiope posee [...] L’iban i crest  1374
♦black hardwood of the ebony tree: 
( 1315 )  tables de ivoir, ové la meiné d’ivoire et d’eban  i 363
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les portes estoient de iveure et les latz de eban  79.24
ebonus 
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