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pelu (1155)

pelu (1155)

 
[ FEW: 8,512b pilus; Gdf: 6,72b pelu; GdfC: 10,310b pelu; TL: 7,608 pelu; DEAF:  poil (poilu); DMF:  pelu; TLF:  pelu; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 2282a pilosus ]

a.

zool.hairy, covered with hair
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ses mameles li mustra nues, Flaistres de vieillesce e pelues  2724
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  fortune est chanchable, Ne seit de tei lessé! Le front od peil est bel, Quant le aterel Chauf est et pelé. Par le front pelu De vus seit entendu Le riche cummensail; Et par le chef detrés, Ke tut est kauf e res, Le povre definail  613

s.

zool.hairy creature
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Affrike [...] de mainte hydusse beste replenie, sicum de satirs e de pelus e de tigres (M.E. satires, wodewoses, tigres)  14

[gdw]

See also:

peil1  peluette  pilous 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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