veeler (s.xiiiex)
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veeler (s.xiiiex)

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veler,  vealer  

v.a.

1to give birth to (young): 
( 1314 )  viij. vaches [...] qe furent adonqe enpreintes et vealerent pus chescune vache ij. veales  Ed II xviii 198
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  une vasche offerte pur sacrifice vela un aignel  135.1

v.n.

1to calve: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300 )  ... solum ceo qe eles (= cows) veelent ou plus tost ou plus tard  430
estre veelé
1to be born: 
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  qant le veel malle est vellé, q'il eit sun leet entirement un mois  332
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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