1spongy, capable of attracting or absorbing fluids:
(
c.1240;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
la mamele est membre espungus, dunc il avient que ele atrait a sei sanc menstruus [e] iloec se turne en lait, que, quant il n’ist mie a l’enfantement, si remaint iloec e endursist, si fait iloec grant dulur
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espungus (c.1240)