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estrace (s.xii1)
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estrace (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  *extractiare 3,331a Gdf:  estrace 1 3,635a / estrace 2 3,635b GdfC: ∅ TL: estrace 3,1433 DEAF:  estrac (estrace)  DMF:  estrace  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  extrahere (extractus) 877b

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1extraction, origin, race: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ço testemonie e ço recorde [...] maistre Wace, Dunt noauz fu a tut l'estrace  Brut WACE 3824
( s.xii4/4; MS: s.xii4/4 )  (Men are not bound together) Ne tuit n’eissirent d’un estrace  S Cath barking 1023
2footsteps: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  e tes estraces (Latin: vestigia tua) esforcerunt par creisse  Camb Ps 109.LXIV.12
3essence, meaning: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  si feseit tantost enquerre Del dit murdre la veire estrace  S Greg 2593
4way, means: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Si quist desdonc novele estrace De lui nuire  Dial Greg SATF 5126
tenir la dreite estrace
to go the right way: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the souls of the just) tienent la dreite estrace, ne returnent pur cure terriene  Liv Reis1 14

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trace1 
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