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limon1 (c.1165)

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limon1 (c.1165)

limoun,  limun,  limune,  limunn,  lymon,  lymoun  (lymoms  65.9)  
[ FEW: 5,247a lem-; Gdf: 4,788a limon; GdfC: 10,84b limon 2; TL: 5,478 limon 1; DEAF: ; DMF:  limon 2; TLF:  limon 2; OED: ; MED:  limon n.2; DMLBS: 1615a limo 2 ]

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1agricultural(of cart) shaft
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  En lymons (M.E. þilles) veet li limouner (M.E. þille hors) Ki adés porte le dosser  873
( 1254 )  nul ferour estraunge ne vende en marché de Redyng feer ne acier fors de lé limunns de sa charette ou sur claye ou sur sun barhude dedeyns lé limuns  ii 206
( MS: s.xiii2 )  limonibus: (C) lymouns (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) batun de la charete)  ii 74
2side rail (of a bed)
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  En mi la nef trovat un lit Dunt li pecul e li limun Furent a l’ovre Salemun  10.171

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See also:

limoner 
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