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[puleiner] (1121-35)
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[puleiner] (1121-35)

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pulener,  pulainer;  polener  
  FEW:  pullus 2 9,542b Gdf:  poulainer 6,347c GdfC:  pouliner 10,390c TL: polainer 7,1371 DEAF:  pol 2 (polainer)  DMF:  poulainer  TLF:  poulain (pouliner)  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  pullanare 2567c

v.trans.

horseszool.to foal, give birth to (a foal): 
( MS: c.1300 )  si va icel oisel quere un herbe ke l'om apele quartfoille – icele ne crest aillurs ke el liu ou li pulein est novelement pulené  Pop Med 316.14
puleiner un pulein
pej.to have a child: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  (to the mother of the illegitimate child of an abbot:) Beal pulein avez pulené  S Jean ANTS 6306

v.intrans.

horseszool.to give birth to a foal: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  la jumente vet .xlix. semeynes dekes ele eit polené  HENLEY1 78

p.p. as a.

1horseszool.(of a foal) born: 
( 1305 )  resceyvre dymes de poleyns pulenez en parke de Ryseberge  Mem Parl 51
2horseszool.foaled, having given birth to a foal: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Uns ives unt afamees De nuvel pulainees  Best ants 1072

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pulein1 
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