wirewite (s.xii)

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wirewite (s.xii)

[gdw]

  FEW:  vedriviti 17,421a Gdf:  wirewire 8,335a GdfC: TL: wirewite 11,859 DEAF:  wirewite  DMF:  wirewite 1  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
wirewitte,  wirewire (l. wirewite)  

s.

1 weathercock, weathervane
( MS: s.xii )  cherrucus: id est wirewitte super malum navis auram denotans  i 21
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Une lanterne fist li dus metre en sa nef el mast desus [...]; Une wirewire (l. wirewite) doree Out de coivre en somet levee  ii 124.6451
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  A l'est turnent les wirewites  898
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