v. Obs. Also 4 bitrauel, bytrauaile, -uaille, 5 -vaylle. [f. BE- 1 + TRAVAIL v.]

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  1.  trans. To work at; to compose (a book).

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (1865), I. Þis storie is bytrauailled by cause of Brytayne. Ibid., I. xlviii. (1527), 47 b. Cyte of legyons there this Cronycle was bytravaylled.

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  2.  To work for; to earn by labor.

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1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. IX. 242. With swot and swetynge face By-tulye and by-trauaile treuly, oure lyf-lode. Ibid., XVI. 210. For no bred þat ich by-trauaile.

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  3.  To do violence to, to violate.

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1388.  Wyclif, Judg. xx. 5. Thei bitraueliden my wijf with vnbileueful woodnesse of letcherie.

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