[pollu] (s.xiii3/4)
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[pollu] (s.xiii3/4)

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[ FEW: 9,135a polluere; Gdf: 6,266c polu /6,266c polute; GdfC: ∅; TL: 7,1381 pollu; DEAF:  polluer (pollu); DMF:  pollu; TLF: ∅; OED:  pollute a.; MED:  polluten v. (pol(l)ut); DMLBS: 2335a polluere (pollutus) ]
pollut,  polu,  polut  

a.

1polluted: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ebreus pro hoc gallice ‘serpile’, quia reptilia offendunt oculos. Ebreus pro hoc gallice ‘serpile’, quia omne pollutum sive abhominabile vocat gallice ‘serpile’ vel ‘avorum’ vel gallice ‘polu’  80.79
♦defiled, morally corrupt or physically impure: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  quant tu de ta folie A l’autier en pollute vie Viens envers Dieu sacrefier  20741
♦theol.defiled, desecrated: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  la esglise fuist polute et nulle messe ne matyns furount chauntez  122.33
polluer  pollutiun 
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