orbetté (s.xiim)
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orbetté (s.xiim)

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[ FEW: 7,390b orbus; Gdf: 5,614b orbeté; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,1183 orbeté; DEAF:  orbe 3 (*); DMF:  orbeté; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2046 orbitas ]
orbeté  

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1 darkness, blindness: 
( s.xiim; MS: c.1300 )  Les oyls que vus avez al front, A moy veer reen ne vus font, E si me veez vus neporkant En orbettés  (ed. Enorbettes)(var. (O: s.xiv1/4) A orbetez (ed. Aorbetez) ) e en dormant  1368
aorber  asorber  orb  orbeisun  rasorber 
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