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esplente (s.xiii1/3)
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esplente (s.xiii1/3)

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epplente  
  FEW:  splent 17,183a Gdf:  esplente 3,536a GdfC: ∅ TL: esplente 3,1219 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  esplente  TLF: ∅ OED:  splint n.  MED:  splent(e n.  DMLBS:  splenta 2 3166b

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1surg.falc.splint: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  si la fraiture avient de la plaie, n’i metez pas lunge esplente desure  A-N Med i 70
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si voustre oysel ad la jaunbe ou la quise depessé [...] si le espelchez od deus esplentes cavees  Glan lex 93D
2metalplate: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  N’esteit pas halberc maelee, D’altre forge ert forgee, De granz esplentes tut d’ascer, Joinz sunt ensemble pur sun cors garder  Gui War 11101
( 1300 )  (a sword having) le manuz de fer a deus epplentes d’arable fretté en de sus  King’s Bench iii 102

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splente 
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