plaine (c.1136-37)
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plaine (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 9,29b planus; Gdf: 6,188a plain 1; GdfC: 10,348c plaine; TL: 7,1024 plain (plaine); DEAF:  plain (plaine); DMF:  plain / plaine; TLF:  plain / plaine; OED:  plain n.1; MED:  plain(e n.; DMLBS: 2308c planus ]
plainge,  plain,  plaingne,  plane,  planie,  playn,  playne,  plein,  pleine,  pleinne,  pleyn,  pleyne  

The Latin adjective planus generated both a masculine and feminine noun in French. Anglo-Norman does not seem to clearly delineate the forms or senses of the two and therefore the two have been treated together in one entry.

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1geog.plain, flat tract of land, level ground: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Cumbatirent [sei] en un plain  765
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  Dunc alerent tuz nuz par plein e par boscage  1506
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Vers le val la dame se plie, Si veit un’ ylle en la planie  5788
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  par desouth la ville en une pleyne fist tendre ces pavylons  4.19
plainr de la main
1anat.palm, flat of the hand: 
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec vola vel ir indeclinabile: le plein de la main  i 411
plaine du pé
1anat.sole of the foot: 
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  les piés, le talon, les artols, la plane du pié  46
( MS: s.xvm )  la plane de mon pee .i. planta  86
plain#1  plaincoupe  plainement#1  plane#2  planer  planesce  planet#1  planiement 
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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