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tropel (1160-74)
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The form trupeau is a cross reference to the following entry:

tropel (1160-74)

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

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(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  Rom de Rou wace i 110.6056
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Devant la sale en un tropel Decendent tut entur le rei  S Gile1 2646
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  granz tropels d'umes e de femes  Eluc 104.106
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  un grant tropel de vileins  Dial Greg SATF 10669
♦livestock (of animals) herd, flock: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  come trupeau des berbiz  Mandeville 92
♦ (of snowflakes) mass, cloud: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  si vi sor vos plovoir et gresillier Et a molt grans tropiaus la blanche noif negier  Gui Bourgogne T760

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trop1  tropee 
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