essaim (s.xii4/4)

essaim (s.xii4/4)

  FEW:  examen 3,257b Gdf: GdfC:  essain 9,552c TL: essaim 3,188 DEAF:  essaim  DMF:  essaim  TLF:  essaim  OED: MED: DMLBS:  examen 824c
esseim  

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1insectszool.swarm (of bees)
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  De bone rusche bon essaim  9.201
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Entre les joes trove il del leuncel Un essaim (var. (E: c.1220-40) esseim ) d’ees e un ré plain de mel  (B) 4721
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