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tresplentivus (s.xiii3/4)
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tresplentivus (s.xiii3/4)

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treplentivus;  trespleintevous,  tresplentevous  (tresplenous (l. tresplen[tiv]ous)  SAMPS1 396.49b ),
f. treplentivusse  
  FEW:  plenitas *9,58a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  plenté (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

most abundant, very plentiful: 
( c.1385; MS: c.1400 )  Mesqe Dieux de sa tresplentevouse grace vous eit visité par entre lez soens  Ars Dict 15.369
( c.1385; MS: c.1400 )  [...] qe de vostre trespleintevouse grace a sez darreyns jours promistez pur eyder sez enfantz  Ars Dict 18.448
♦agricultural(of land) very rich, most fertile: 
( s.xiii3/4 )   ele ad le soil si tresbon e si tresplentivusse ke ele feit les blez e les fruiz crestre par si grant haste ke grant merveille en resemble  Liv Regions 39
tresplentivus en
abounding in, most plentiful in: 
( s.xiii3/4 )  Iceste province (=Flanders), tute seit ele petite, si est ele riche e manant plus ke nule autre terre de sa quantité, kar en pastures e aumaille est tresplentivuse  Liv Regions 21

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See also:

plentivus  tres1  tresplentif  tresplentivousement 
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