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frenole (c.1290)
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frenole (c.1290)

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  FEW:  'jonc' (frenole) 21,204b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  frenole  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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kex, (dry) rush: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Allumés, auncele, une frenole (M.E. a keiex)  465
♦fig.object of little worth: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  clers d’escole Ki par bost qui ne vaut frenole (M.E. keix) [...] Sevent attrere femme fole  610
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frenole