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mormal (c.1325)
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mormal (c.1325)

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marmol,  mortmal,  mortmale  
  FEW:  mori 6/iii,135a Gdf:  mortmal 5,418c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  mort 2 (mort mal)  DMF:  mort-mal  TLF: ∅ OED:  mormal n.  MED:  mormal(e n.  DMLBS: ∅

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med.pathol.gangrene, necrosis: 
( MS: c.1325 )  Item pur mortmal [...]  Five Med MSS 46.C202
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Item pur mormal jaune [...]  Receptaria 36.315
( MS: s.xv )  E cele poudre est bone a metter sus cancre e en fester ou en lieu ou en mortmale  Five Med MSS 99.S111
devenir un mormal
pathol.med.to become gangrenous, fester: 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  mon chival me ferist devant hier si dispitousement sur la jambe destre q'il en est tout enfleez et auxi le peel rumpuz, [...] Pur quoy j'en ay grant paour q'il (=the leg) deviendra un marmol  Man lang ANTS 30.22

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See also:

malemort  morir1 
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