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mote1 (1160-74)

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mote1 (1160-74)

moete;  mot,  motte;  mout  
[ FEW: 6/iii,294a mutt; Gdf: 5,422a mote 1; GdfC: 10,179c mote; TL: 6,350 mote; DEAF:  mote; DMF:  motte; TLF:  motte; OED:  mote n.2; MED:  mote n.1; DMLBS: 1846b mota 2 ]

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1geog.mound, hill
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Si castra desenter construi debeant, duplici fossa cingantur. Situm loci natura muniat, ut mota (gloss: (C) la mote) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) mote de castel)super nativam rupem debitam sedem sortiatur  i 183.68 and ii 70.68
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Tu est, voir, li chasteau sor mote  3513
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Outre les meurs tout entour, Si ke la mote de la tour Esteut merveille a regarder De ces fleurs que vy voler  232
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  une mote environee de marreis e de ewe  7.25
( 1323-25 )  nos gentz en Agenneys avoint combatuz od les Fraunceys en plein chaump pur une mote joignant' a Penne qe est nomee la Mote de Pelicer  168
pile of earth
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  De la joue de un arne le occyit E de motes de tere le coveryit  7.4
2archit.mil.castle, fortress (on a hill)
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin ) Por grever cels de la cité Fist la mote devant Barbé  ii 253.9892
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Par assalt prist chasteals, motes e fermetez  351
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  La mot firent tut degeter, Desque a la tere tut verser, E la meysun tut premer De fu ardant estenceler  3298
3turf, peat
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  En liu de busche ardent la gent de la terre motes k'il fuient es mareis  25

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See also:

moteu 
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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