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marle (s.xiii1)

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marle (s.xiii1)

marl  (marre  YBB Ed II xiii 91)  
  FEW:  margila 6/i,330b Gdf: GdfC:  marle 10,125a TL: marle 5,1182 DEAF:  marle  DMF:  marle  TLF: OED:  marl n.1  MED:  marl(e n.  DMLBS:  marla 1725a

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build.marl (chalky mixture of clay and lime)
( MS: s.xiii1 )  creta: (R) marle  Gloss Nequam1 254.162
( 1329-30 )  wast fut [...] en araser arbres, en fower marl et argil, en bloter les prees  YBB 3-4 Ed III 286
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  destemprez fente du cheval od jus de planteine e ewe de marle, ce beive, qu'il nel sache  A-N Med ii 274
( 1421 )  Et qe bien lise a toutz lieges du roi [...] en les ditz fosses argille, marle, gravylle et terre [...] fower, couper et prendre, atant des foitz come lour plerra  Rot Parl1 iv 157

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See also:

marler1  marler2  marler3 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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