wodewose (s.xiiiex)
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wodewose (s.xiiiex)

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[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  woodwose n.  MED:  wode-wose n.  DMLBS: ∅
 

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1 wild creature or man of the woods: 
( MS: s.xiiiex ) among other Anglo-Norman glosses: satur: (D) wodewose  ii 169
( 1397 ) l’estorie d’un descomfiture d’un wodewose et d’un leon  288
♦ decor. decorative representation of a wild creature or man: 
( 1355 ) Item j. botoner de roses, pris .xl. s. Item j. botoner de wodewoses, pris .c. s.  woodwose n.
( 1397 ) un lit de tartryn plunket embroudez de wodewoses joustantz a chival  290
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