espanne (c.1185)
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espanne (c.1185)

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  FEW:  *spanna 17,163a Gdf:  espane 1 3,507c GdfC: ∅ TL: espane 3,1144 DEAF:  espane  DMF:  espane  TLF: ∅ OED:  span n.1  MED:  spanne n.  DMLBS: ∅
espaune  

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1unitlengthspan, width of a hand, approximately 20-25 centimeter: 
( c.1185 )  Dous espannes l’ad purfendu  8132
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Pluis est court de un espaune in rhyme with 'paume', 'bausme' and 'alme'  2018
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