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manne1 (s.xii1)
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manne1 (s.xii1)

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mana,  mane,  manna  
  FEW:  manna 6/i,232a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  manne 1 10,118c TL: manne 5,1079 DEAF:  manne  DMF:  manne 1  TLF:  manne 1  OED:  manna n.1  MED:  manna n.  DMLBS:  manna 2 1706b

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1Bibl.theol.manna (miraculous food sent from heaven to the Israelites in the desert): 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E plut a els manna a mangier, e pain del ciel duna a els  Oxf Ps ANTS 88.77.28
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Mana resemblot de blanchor Novele neif e blanche flor  Conception wace 1277
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il fist pluveir la manne entre la gent Dunt quarante anz vesquirent communement  Anc Test (B) 2240
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  cumensa Al desert pluver le manna Dunt Deu pust sun poeple jadis  Calendar 352
2bot.dried, sweet gum produced by various trees or plants: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et mete l'en en la coleure .ii. unces de cassiafistula et .i. de manna et .i. de mirobalans citrins  A-N Med i 167.12
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  La manne est un herbe dont les ees pernent matiere de miel e de cire  BOZ Cont 115
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Manne est appellé pain des angeles, ceo est une chose blanche mout douce  Mandeville 300
manne covert, muscé
Bibl.theol.hidden manna (Revelation 2:17): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255 )  A celui qui veintra donrai manne covert  Apoc Prose 8
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Au vencant durrey mane mussé  Apoc Verse ANTS 145

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