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postel (s.xii3/4)
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postel (s.xii3/4)

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potele; 
pl. posteaus,  poesteaus  
  FEW:  postis 9,248b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  postel 10,385b TL: postel 7,1643 DEAF:  post 2 (postel)  DMF:  poteau  TLF:  poteau  OED:  postel n.  MED:  postel n.1  DMLBS:  postella 2 2363a

S Audree2 rejects this manuscript reading and suggests: ‘Adesus coranz pontelz mist’ (‘He put little bridges over the streams’) S Audree2 4366. The elimination of the word potelez seems unnecessary.

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archit.post, vertical support or column: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le paleis au roy Porre ert grant e reaus, [...] De fin or le sustene[nt] quatre cenz posteaus  (ms. poesteaus), Gros furent e bien hauz e overé a aneaus  Rom Chev ANTS 4279
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A Deu (l. deu?) coranz potelez mist Et ros et terre i fist atraire Et la chaucé fist parfaire  S Audree1 4361

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post1 
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