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[palmee] (c.1200)
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The form paumee is a cross reference to the following entry:

[palmee] (c.1200)

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paumé,  paumee  
  FEW:  palma 1 7,509a Gdf:  paumee 6,45b GdfC: ∅ TL: paumée 1 7,498 DEAF:  paume (paumee 2)  DMF:  paumée  TLF:  paume (paumée)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  palmare 2089b

The DMLBS notes the use of the p.ppl. of palmare as sb.f. meaning ‘slap of blow given with the flat of the hand’. The sense of ‘span’ is one of the uses of palma (DMBLS 2088a). If this is their etymology, it may be that the forms in the citations under ‘span’ should be read as having unaccented final vowels.

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1lengthunitspan, width of a palm: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Pres deuz espaumés de lungur, E pleine paumé out de laur  S Osith 892
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Poyn, poucere et paumee (M.E. spanne)  Nominale 63
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  si avera la mesure de un palmé, altresi bien en longeure com en laeure  Bible Royal 56
2slap, blow given with the palm of the hand: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Une paumé la duna: Desur le doors le feri pur juer  Man pechez 6176
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De fole pense[e] vent fole paume[e]  Prov inéd 426.9

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See also:

palme1  palmer2  palmoire  palmoier 
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