muissement (c.1200)
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muissement (c.1200)

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[ FEW: 6/iii,191b mugire; Gdf: 5,446a muissement; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  muir (muissement); DMF:  muissement; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
moisement,  muisement  

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1soundmammalszool.(of large animals) lowing, bellowing, roaring, etc.: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Si ot des bos le grant muissement (var. (B: s.xiii3/4) moisement)  (ms. muussement) E de baeler envirun des berbiz  (E) 6619
♦ sound bellowing, howling: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) or ja de nul d’els (=the soulds in Hell), sicum soleit, n’en est oid muisement, ne ne sunet gemisement  19r
mugicement  mugir  muiement  muire 
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muissement