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pomelé (s.xii3/4)

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pomelé (s.xii3/4)

poimelé,  pomelee,  pumelé,  pumelee; 
pl. pomeleys  
  FEW:  pomum 9,156b Gdf:  pomelé 6,268a GdfC:  pomelé 10,374a TL: pomelé 1 7,1392  / pomelé 2 7,1392 DEAF:  pon (pomelé)  DMF:  pommelé  TLF:  pommelé  OED:  pommely a.  MED:  pomele a.  DMLBS:  pomellus 2337c

a.

1horsescolourzool.dappled, having a coat marked with grey or white round spots
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Un blanc mulet d'Aufrikqe ly ont amené, Mult bels e bien fet, un poy ert pomelé  108
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Li bons chevaus ke il set desus Esteit uns ferranz pomelez  5045
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  deus chivals averent corant e brevez, Ly un estoit bausent, l’altre pomelez  2476
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Fierenbras est avant chivalché Et fu mult bien armé sur l'aferant pomelee  1227
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  Parte autem altera equos autem inter fructecta in equicio vagantes, precipuis tresdecim coloribus, secundum Isidori distinctionem, spectabiles, notare non tedebat: badeas, aureos [...], candidos, guttatos (glosses: (O) pumelés) (var. (C: xiiiex) pomelés, techilez; (L: xiiiex) pomeleys; (T: xii/xiii) pomelés; (A: xiii) a gutta s. pumel), nigros  i 173.78 and ii 39.78
2herald.semy of roundels, bearing circular charges
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire de Recheford, quarteré d'or et de goules a un label d'azure pomelé d'argent  m.4
gris pomelé
horsescolourzool.dapple-grey, having a grey coat marked with white round spots
( 1382 )  Et facez paier vynt et noef livres tresze soldz et quatre deniers pur deux coursers grey pomelez achatez pur nostre oeps a Pontefreyt  ii 242.744
croiz pomelé
herald.cross pommetty, depiction of a cross with knobs or round finials
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivex )  Croice potente, Croice pomelee, Croice florettee  143

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See also:

pomace  pomade  pomel1  pume  pumer  pumerie  pumete 
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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