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medlure (s.xiiiin)

The form melleure is a cross reference to the following entry:

medlure (s.xiiiin)

medleure;  melleure,  mellure  
  FEW:  misculare 6/ii,159b Gdf:  mesleure 5,289a GdfC: TL: meslëure 5,1653 DEAF:  mesler (mesleüre)  DMF:  mêlure  TLF: OED:  medlure n.  MED:  medloure n.  DMLBS:

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1mixture, combination
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Tant jut ensemble la medlure (=of fire, water, earth and air) Que ensemble prist  S Clem ANTS 11021
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Mut est bele la medlure De la lettre e la purtreiture (in this poem)  Enfances 1979
2admixture, addition (of)
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Contractz sunt vicious, ascune foiz par mellure de pecchié, ascune foiz par entremellure de male fei  Mir Just 74
( 1300 )  qe drap de leyne d'Espayne soit fait soulement par soy, saunz medlure  Lib Cust 125
( 1324 )  qe nule fausine, com de melleure de creie et de blaunk sabloun et bren pur farine, ne fust fait  Corr Lond 253
( 1345 )  maveise mellure qe purra avenir par baldorie del fraternité  Grocers 10
3joining
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  q'il acchattassent perres des quarreours et fustz as jointures del edifice et as medlures de les maisouns  Bible Royal 300

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See also:

entremedlure  medlance  medlee  medlement  medler2  medleur  medlif 
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melleure