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rabett (1427-28)

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rabett (1427-28)


pl. rabettis  
  FEW:  robbe 16,730 Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  rabbit n.1  MED:  rabet n.1  DMLBS:  rabettus 2644a
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According to the OED, the English word rabbit n.1 (Third Edition, 2008), first attested a1398, derives from an unattested Anglo-Norman or Middle French *rabotte, with suffix substitution. These two fifteenth-century attestations in Feast Menus do not provide evidence of the pre-existence of the word in Anglo-Norman, and may well be Middle English borrowings, appearing in a late source text that was prone to this kind of language-mixing. For further, indirect, evidence of the lexeme in Anglo-Norman, see rabot1.

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zool.mammalsculin.rabbit (served as a dish)
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Fesantz rostez, rabett, bytoures, curloux [...]  Feast Menus 247a.iii
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Egrettes, quayles, rabettis, curlewe [...]  Feast Menus 247c.iii

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