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"ref": "a. 1375, Gawain Poet, Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt, stanza 22, page 97r, lines 500–502:",
"text": "forþi þis ȝol ouerȝede and þe ȝere after / and vche ſeſoun ſerlepes ſued after oþer / after cryſtenmaſſe com þe crabbed lentoun /",
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"(rare) The month of December."
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]
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"alternative"
]
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"alternative"
]
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"form": "ȝoul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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"alternative"
]
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"form": "ȝoule",
"tags": [
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},
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"ref": "a. 1375, Gawain Poet, Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt, stanza 22, page 97r, lines 500–502:",
"text": "forþi þis ȝol ouerȝede and þe ȝere after / and vche ſeſoun ſerlepes ſued after oþer / after cryſtenmaſſe com þe crabbed lentoun /",
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