etite (s.xii1/3)

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etite (s.xii1/3)

  FEW:  aëtites 24,240a Gdf:  echiste 3,4c GdfC: ∅ TL: etite 3,1519 DEAF:  etite  DMF:  echite  TLF:  aétite  OED:  aetites n.  / echites n.  MED:  etite(s n.  DMLBS:  aetites 46c
echite;  ethithe;  etide; 
Latin/Greek echites,  etites  

s.

1lapid.aetites, eagle-stone, hollow stone with a loose interior core supposedly found in the nests or stomachs of eagles: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Etites  (ms. Echites) est nom d’une pere Que mult est preciose et chere [...]. L’aigle l'ad trové en Orient, Mangé l’ad pur defendement, Kar ja ne li mesavendra Tant cume en sun cors l’avra  229.769
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Echites est numbré entre les bones peres. [...] Iceste pere ad une autre pere dedenz soi. Mult est bone a femme ensceinte k’ele ne perde sun enfaunt  131.xxiii.1
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Etite (var. (E: s.xiiiex) Etide) d’egle est bone pere [...] Richesse aoite naturalment Ky la porte ben chastement  79.253
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