umeit (1121-25)
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umeit (1121-25)

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  FEW:  humectus 5,509b Gdf:  humecte 4,527a GdfC: ∅ TL: umect 11,39 DEAF:  umect  DMF:  humecte  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  umectus 5348
 

a.

1moist, humid: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  la bochie (=of bread) est seche [...] Mais carité le fait umeit  9959

s.

1geog.damp soil, boggy ground: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mester lur unt virun l'umeit Herbes qui sunt en betumeit  801
humectatif  humectur 
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