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)
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
5860
(
MS: s.xiii
)
stagno: estang
ii 90
(
c.1290;
MS: 1307-25
)
(when fishing) si vous faudrez a cel estauncke
(M.E. pole) Ou le eauwe est ades coraunt [...]
519
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1382
)
en estange crest arounde
(M.E. In the pole growith reede)
391
♦
geog.lake:
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
Juste l’estanc Genessareth
130rb24
2geog.staunch, lock or dam in a river:
(
1292-93
)
entra son clos e ses estaunces debrusa
50
(
1303
)
il i avoyt un estaung al molyn attaché a autre tere
30-1 Ed I 451
(
MS: c.1310
)
anusances [...] come de fossé levé ou abatu, estaunce levé ou abatu, cours d’eawe bestourné
202
(
1417
)
estakes, entankes et kidelx
iv 114
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