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vint (s.xii3/3)
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vint (s.xii3/3)

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vinte;  vingt  (vient  Litt Wall 204)  

a.

twenty: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ... Ke vint semeines en son lit giseit  S Rich ANTS M789
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  le vyngt et seconde jour de cest present moys  Lett & Pet 185.127.7

s.

score: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ses fols chens feit cure premers, set vinz en leist aler ensemble  S Gile1 1846
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Cheirent en une soule houre quatre vinz nombrez  S Greg 1114
( 1323-25 )  une galye de neof vyntz byrouns et l'autre entre sis vyntz et seet vyntz  St Sard 87
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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