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torel (s.xii2/4)
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torel (s.xii2/4)

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thorel;  toreal;  torrel,  torrele, 
pl torelys  
  FEW:  taurus 13/i,130b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  torel 10,779c TL: torel 1 10,414 DEAF:  tor1 (torel)  DMF:  taureau  TLF:  taureau  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  taurellus 3376b

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1mammalszool.young bull: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Joachim si sacrefia .x. agnels blans premierement, .xij. torels, oeilles .c.  Conception wace 394
( c.1170; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  des torels estanz les langes trencherunt  Brut Harley3 146.163
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii )  Se vos trovez en une piere Orion entaillié, et soit demi hom et demi torel [...] ki ceste piere avra, totes batailles veintrera  Lapid 290.XIX
( MS: s.xiii2 )  juvencis: torelys  TLL ii 4
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  Un chival, un jument, un torel, une vache, un beuf  Man lang ANTS 51.18
( MS: s.xv )  Pernetz la fente de torel e sa date  Five Med MSS 156.E412
2astron.Taurus, second sign of the zodiac: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  En quel piere troverez un thorel, ou virgine, ou capricorne  Lapid 288.II

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tor1 
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