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gué (1121-35)

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gué (1121-35)

gewé;  gued,  guey;  gwé,  gwee  (gee  Scalacronica 108 geyé  Anon Chr2 148 givé (l. gwé?) gwerde  Roy Lett Hen III ii 220 gyé  Anon Chr2 104  TLL ii 18 wee );
pl. guez,  gwez  (wez)  
  FEW:  *wad 17,438 Gdf:  gué 4,374a GdfC:  gué 9,733b TL: gué 4,723 DEAF:  gué G1537 DMF:  gué  TLF:  gué 1  OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

geog.ford, shallow water
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Quant il fait tempesté, Lores se plunge el gué  Best ants 2762
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Les wez passa delivrement  Rom de Rou wace ii 17.3530
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  (the hunting king:) En braz de mer (=estuary) parfund se met, Red e parfund esteit li guez  S Osith 603
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Iloc refist deus pur eus grant miracle: Le flom Jordan passent il sanz obstacle. Un home anceis n'aveit passé Iloc troverent tut a pleiser le gué  Anc Test (B) 3427
( 1256 )  E jo le menai a un givé (l. gwé?) de souz le vile de Bergeveny, on nous passames pur assembler a ces galeis  Foedera1 i 339
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm ) Cil [...] qe estoient envoiez les suirent par la voie laquele mesne al wee (M.E. forþe) de Jordan  Joshua ANB 50
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  quant il venist al ryver de Somme il trovast les pountz rumpuz par quoi il se traiast devers seint Wallery pur passer a un gewé ou le mere foule et refoule  Anon Chr1 21.27
marit.geog.shallows (of the sea)
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Partie (of the sea) par uns venz privez Repeire as ses propres guez  Pet Phil 1564
Caspien Gué
toponymCaspian Gates (i.e. the strait of Firouz Koh)
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entre Hircanie e le Caspien gué  Rom Chev ANTS 6620
rosel de gué
rosel1

[gdw]

See also:

waier1  waiour  waious 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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