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scurel (s.xiii1)
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scurel (s.xiii1)

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quirel;  scorel;  skyrel;  squirelle; 
pl. quireus,  scurés  (skyreux  Oak Book ii 6)  
  FEW:  sciurus 11,314a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  escurueil  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  squirrel n.  MED:  squirel n.  DMLBS:  sciurellus 2973a

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zool. mammals squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  experioliis: quireus / excurellis: quireus  TLL ii 97.63
( MS: s.xiii1 )  (h)esperiolorum, ab Hesperia, -ie: (L) de scurés (var. (C: s.xiiiex) des esquireus)  TLL ii 130.26
( 1352 )  qe nulle [...] soit si hardi d'estre vestu [...] en nulle manere de vesture furree de pellure come de meneveyr, gris, purree de stranlyng, popelle des quirels (l. d’esquirels?), bys des conyns [et] des levres [...]  Deviance and Power 339
( MS: s.xiv/xv )  cirogrulos: scorelis  TLL ii 153.26

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escurel1 
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