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estank (s.xii1)
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estank (s.xii1)

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estaanc,  estanc,  estance,  estanke;  estang,  estange;  estaunce,  estaunck,  estauncke,  estaung,  estaunge,  estaunk  (entanke,  estand  GAIMAR1 2960 var ),
pl. estankis,  estans,  estauns  
  FEW:  *stanticare 12,232b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  estanc 9,557c TL: estanc 2 3,1351 DEAF:  estanchier (estanc 2)  DMF:  étang  TLF:  étang  OED:  stank n. 1  MED:  stank n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1geog.pond, pool of standing water: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) (God) Posad le desert es estans d'ewes (Latin: Posuit desertum in stagna aquarum)  Oxf Ps ANTS 109.106.35
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex ) Ewe en vivier u en estanc Ert plus legier a espuchier Que n’ert sun beivre  GAIMAR1 5860
( MS: s.xiii )  stagno: estang  TLL ii 90
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  (when fishing) si vous faudrez a cel estauncke (M.E. pole) Ou le eauwe est ades coraunt [...]  BIBB ROTH (G) 519
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  en estange crest arounde (M.E. In the pole growith reede)  Nominale 391
♦geog.lake: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Juste l’estanc Genessareth  Mirur1 130rb24
2geog.staunch, lock or dam in a river: 
( 1292-93 )  entra son clos e ses estaunces debrusa  Sel Bills Eyre 50
( 1303 )  il i avoyt un estaung al molyn attaché a autre tere  YBB 30-1 Ed I 451
( MS: c.1310 )  anusances [...] come de fossé levé ou abatu, estaunce levé ou abatu, cours d’eawe bestourné  Nov Narr 202
( 1417 )  estakes, entankes et kidelx  Rot Parl1 iv 114

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stank 
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