1num.fourth one (in a series, sequence, etc.):
(
s.xiii4/4;
MS: 1315-25
)
Purquei fust Allez nomez De totes lettres la premereine, E Beth ore la secundeine, E Gimel, purquei terceine, E Dalez, issi quarteine?
Enfances 904
2pathol.med.quartan fever, i.e. a fever that returns every fourth day:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2
)
cil ke la portera n'avera ja quarteine ne parlesie
Lapid 279.iii
(
c.1270;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Cest prestre [...] [d']une quarteine fu travailliez
S Rich ANTS 961
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xivin
)
Le patient en dormant resemble mort. A la foiz avient aprés continue, a la foiz de lunge quarteyne, a la foyz de colere
A-N Med ii 167.126
(
MS: s.xivin
)
De hommes et de femmes devez user Pur le quartaigne engettier
Phlebotomy 80
3lengthunit(of length) furlong, forty poles (approximately 220 yards) (error for quarantaine?):
quartaine (s.xiiiin)