arbrei (c.1192)
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arbrei (c.1192)

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  FEW:  arbor 25,89b Gdf:  arbroi 1,379a GdfC: ∅ TL: arbroi 1,498 DEAF:  arbre (arbroi)  / arbre (arbroie)  DMF:  arbroi  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
arbroie,  abroie,  arbeye (l. arb[r]eye)  

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1geog.treesbot.woodland, grove, clump of trees: 
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  En cele terre ad grant arbrei En la manere de saucei  126.Y273
( MS: s.xiii )  locus ubi arbores crescunt, arbeye (l. arb[r]eye)  165
( 1329-30 )  le lieu […] appellé Orchardesdik […] ou il avoit getté arbroie (var. arbrine), c’est a savoir freyns, keynes […]  3-4 Ed III 363
arborie  arbre#1  arbreille  arbreisel  arbrer#1  arbrerie  arbrine  arbure 
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