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porcellare [CL porcellus+-are] 1 (absol., of sow) to give birth, to farrow. b (trans.) to give birth to. 1257 ij sues non ~averunt nisi semel Crawley 220; que ter in anno debent ~are Fleta 169; c1283 debet dare domino j purcellum, sc. quando secundo ~averit Cust. Battle 30.  b 1258 j sus nichil ~avit infra). 2 (refl & pass., of pig), to be born. 1233 porci sui fuerunt et ei ~ati et postea addirati BNB II 633; 1234 dabit pro unoquoque porco qui ~atus fuerit ante festum B. Johannis j d. Cust. Glast. 63; 1258 r. c. de xxxviij porcellis ~atis ex predictis suibus hoc anno quia j sus nichil porcellavit Crawley 228.

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