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sole1 (c.1240)

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The form soole is a cross reference to the following entry:

sole1 (c.1240)

soel,  soole  (siole Gloss Utensilium 61 sulle ),
Lat.pl. solis  
  FEW:  solea 12,40b Gdf:  sole 2 7,453c GdfC:  sole 10,682b TL: sole 9,791 DEAF:  sole  DMF:  sole  TLF:  sole 1  / sole 4  OED:  sole n.1  / sole n.2  MED:  sole n.  DMLBS:  solea 3115b

The sense of 'sole of foot' and 'flatfish' were split into separate entries in AND1. As both senses derive from the same etymon, the entries have been joined together.

MED entry sil(le n. ('beam') includes a variant sulle so the citation from TLL may represent a Middle English gloss. However, the sense in Middle English does not seem to refer to ceiling rafters.

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1footwearcostumesole of shoe
( s.xiii1/3 ; MS: s.xivin )  dedenz sa bote l'out muscé (=knife) Entre la sole e son pé  Brut Royal 4995
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Puis si pernez l'escor[c]e des chasteinez e l'escorce cucurbite e vielz soles  (ms. solos) e peiz grec e metez sur les carbuns alum  A-N Med i 82
( 1409 )  bien lyrra (=it will be permitted) a les ditz overours de veill’ quier de clouter veilles botes et veilles solers ové novell’ quier sur les veilles soles  Guildhall MS 7363
2ich.zool.sole, flatfish of the genus Solea
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Merlin, plais, planton soole de mier  bibb MS (O) 336
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  playz, sooles, floundres  Dom Gip 102
( 1396; MS: s.xivex )  perches, soles, plaiz  Man lang ANTS 43.33
3 coll.archit. beams, rafters
( MS: s.xiiiex )  In aula mea hec feci architectari: trapetas, solivas (gloss: (C) sulle, les solives), lacunaria [...]  TLL i 202.79 and ii 143.79

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soler2 
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