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voute (s.xiiex)

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The form volte is a cross reference to the following entry:

voute (s.xiiex)

vout,  volt,  volte;  vaute  (vote  Proth 10392 wot TLL i 142)  

s.

1vaulted roof, ceiling
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  une meisun Ki ad duble mansiun, [...] La une aval, la autre amunt [...] E entre sei sunt departiz, U par vaute u par plancheiz  S Clem ANTS 8584
( 1342 )  Et sur le plus bas leyr sur la voute fra une chambre  Build salz 434
( 1381 )  jeo devise que mez executours faceont parfournir le vout sur la ele del dit esglise  Test Ebor i 114
2cave (with arched roof)
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  En cele volte (= in forest) conversames  Fol Trist ANTS 871
a voute
arched, vaulted
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  En une chambre a voute entra  Gui War 12371
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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