radle (c.1250)
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radle (c.1250)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  *rasclare 10,84a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  rale 1 10,477b TL: raille 8,194 DEAF:  raille  DMF:  rale 1  / râle  TLF:  râle  OED:  rail n.3  MED:  rale n.  DMLBS:  rusticula 2877b
ralle,  raule  

s.

1orn.rail, ground-living bird, possibly land rail (Crex crex) or water rail (Rallus aquaticus): 
( MS: c.1250 )  De avibus: [...] Hec castrimarginaria: widecoc; Hic strutio: radle [...]  i 419
( MS: s.xv )  larus: gallice ralle  i 393
radle champestre
1orn.corncrake or landrail (Crex crex): 
( MS: 1272-82 )  si le pessez bien de char de buchel e des raules champestres od les lunges jambes  109.34
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