tropel (1160-74)
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tropel (1160-74)

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[FEW: 17,396b thorp; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,815b troupel; TL: 10,686 tropel; DEAF:  trop (tropel); DMF:  troupeau; TLF:  troupeau; OED:  tropel n.; MED:  tropel n.; DMLBS: ∅]
tropeal,  trupeau, 
pl. tropiaus  

s.

1 (of people) crowd, band, group: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mult se vont entr'els dementant E par tropeals vont conseillant, Ci vint, ci quinze, ci quarante  i 110.6056
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Devant la sale en un tropel Decendent tut entur le rei  2646
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  granz tropels d'umes e de femes  104.106
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  un grant tropel de vileins  10669
♦livestock (of animals) herd, flock: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  come trupeau des berbiz  92
♦ (of snowflakes) mass, cloud: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  si vi sor vos plovoir et gresillier Et a molt grans tropiaus la blanche noif negier  T760
trop#1  tropee 
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