Pliades (c.1230)
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Pliades (c.1230)

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[ FEW: 9,57b Pleiades; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,354b Pléiades; TL: ∅; DEAF:  pliades; DMF:  Pléiades; TLF:  pléiade; OED:  Pleiad n.; MED:  Pliades n.; DMLBS: 2317b Pleias ]
 
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s._pl.

1astron.Pleiades, cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Pliades esteiles resunt, Ke de pluralité lur nun unt; Kar ço ke est pliron en grezeis, Est plusurs en nostre franceis  2409
( MS: s.xiii2 )  le cercle zod[i]ac la Lune trublerad, Pliades ces esteilles chescune plurerad  584
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Pliades