welke (c.1180)

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welke (c.1180)

[gdw]

  FEW: Gdf:  welke 8,330c GdfC: TL: welke 11,848 DEAF:  welke  DMF: TLF: OED:  whelk n.1  MED:  welk(e n.1  DMLBS:  welkus 3734c
welle  i 143
pl. welkys  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

1 crustacean whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc of the Buccinidae family
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 )  the eagle lest la welke cheir jus Sur dure tere u sur rocher, Si la purra bien depescer  90.12.14
( 1216-20; MS: 1419 )  Le batelle qe meisne .v. paniers de welkes, dorra .j. panier et obole, horsprys fraunchise  234
( 1279-80 )  Et de oystres e de welkes e moules ke venent en vile [...]  101
( MS: 1419 )  defendue est qe nully soit si hardy d'entrer es niefs ne en bateux qe amesnent scaleoisters, moules, welkes et hanocynes […] pur regratier  275
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