estatere (c.1136-65)
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estatere (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  statera 12,244a Gdf:  estatere 3,603a GdfC: ∅ TL: estatere 3,1364 DEAF:  statere (*)  DMF:  statère 2  TLF:  statère 2  OED:  stater n.  / statera n.  MED:  stater n.  DMLBS:  statera 3185a
estater,  estate  

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1implementstater, balance, steelyard, large scale with unequal arms: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Estate ai oi apeler Peis dunt l’en suelt aveir peser  6481
( 1352 )  qe l’estatere de la belance [sic] n’encline a l’une partie ne a l’autre  ii 240
statere 
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