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meule1 (1121-35)
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meule1 (1121-35)

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meole,  meoule,  meul,  meulle,  mewle;  moel,  moele,  moile,  mol,  mole,  mouele,  moule,  mowle;  muel,  muele,  muille,  mule  (meulee  S Jer 4rb,  mooul  Secr WATERFORD1 123.1917,  mooule  Secr WATERFORD1 123.1918,  muole  Best ants 2211)  
  FEW:  medulla 6/i,632b Gdf:  meolle 5,249b GdfC:  moelle 10,162a TL: mëole 5,1468 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  moelle  TLF:  moelle  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1anat.(spinal) marrow: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Bos le feri parmi la gule Dessi al col en la meoule, E cil chai, gule baee, Ki la lance aveit engulee  Brut WACE 11800
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Meis si l'eschine (=spine) est plaié d'entravers, issi que la meule s'en isse u dedenz remaint corrumpu  A-N Med i 80.xxxix
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec medulla: meulle  TLL i 412
( MS: s.xiiiex )  medulla: (C) la meule (var. (L: s.xiii) de meul .s. anglice maire) (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) de mewle )  TLL ii 125.2
2zool.anat.marrow from animal bones: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  A l’oisel ad un os Enz en la quisse, gros: Se hum la muele ad, Qui la veue faldrat E les oilz en uindrat Senés repairarat  Best ants 2169
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  la cervelle et la muele de bestes qui sunt froides et moistes, et la craise de meimes les bestes  Waterford busby 252.S52.27
♦orn.zool.pith of a feather: 
( MS: s.xiii )  ylum: meule de la penne  TLL ii 119.167
( MS: s.xiii2 )  ylo: (C) la muele (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) meule; (L: s.xiii/xiv) la meule)  TLL ii 79.168
3bot.pith, soft inner part of plants (or their fruits): 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  l'ewe de la decoction agarici et de la moele colloquintide (=bitter-apple) ou de benoite [...]  A-N Med i 220.116
( MS: s.xv )  od une tente de la racyne de lorer ou brioyne u genciene ke puls forment ovrent ou od la meule de syu .i. ellerne  Five Med MSS 139.E258
4fig.essence, core: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  dunt de tute la meule veraiement De mun quer a Deu graces rent  S Rich ANTS 1307
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Fraunceys dist: 'Ce (=J.C.'s teaching on the abandonment of self) est le meule De nostre vye, de nostre reule'  S Fran ANTS 945
meule de cervel
cervel
meule de furment
fine wheat flour (from the inner parts of the grain): 
( MS: 1155-60 )  E les bucs ot la mule de furment (Latin: Et hircos cum medulla tritici), e le sanc de grape beust tres cler  Camb Ps 274.21
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  pain molet de la muele de froment  Waterford busby 246.S43.13
meule des, de l’os
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meulé 
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