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folgaster (c.1285)
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folgaster (c.1285)

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  FEW:  follis 3,689b / vastare 14,202a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: fol 3 3,1998 / gaster 4,209 DEAF:  fol 1  / gaster G367 DMF:  fou 1  / gâter  TLF: ∅ OED:  law-day n.  MED:  lauedai n.  DMLBS:  lagedaia 1541a

sbst. inf.

spendthrift, wasteful behaviour: 
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  coment homme deyt ordyner sa vye avantmain par rayson e par descressyon issi ke par folgaster ne cheyse trop a desoz en poverté  HENLEY2 345

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fol1 
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