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wassel (s.xiiex)

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wassel (s.xiiex)

wassal;  wacel;  vacel, 
pl. gaciaus,  gasceaus,  gasseaus;  vaseus,  vassés,  vasseus;  waceus,  waciaus,  wasceus,  waseus,  waseys,  wasseus  

s.

geog.bog, marsh, muddy ground
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Si fort l'ad feru del pié Ke en la bowe (var. (L: c.1335) en un wassal) est il versé  1002 (var. K)
( MS: s.xiii )  gasceaus, gaciaus, gasseaus: tesqua  i 227
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ke les chivalers ne demurgent en perilous region jouste wasseus malengeus  67.8
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  E si forage demeort outre la sustenance de vostre estor, le facez estramer dedenz la curt e dehors en wasseus  326
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