fertilite - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

fertilitẹ̄ n.

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Forms	fertilitẹ̄ n.
Etymology	OF

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Fertility.

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?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.397 : Thauȝhe the circumference of hit be lesse then the grownde of Englonde, neverthelesse hit is egalle to hit in fertilite.

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c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)39ba : The erthe is replenesshyd with theyr wickednesse; I shal destroye them with therthe id e[st] wyth the fertilite of therthe.

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