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French term or phrase:	battue (see context)
English translation:	auctioned for
Entered by:	Conor McAuley

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7:39am Jun 22, 2006

French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Dairy / Historical food terms

French term or phrase: battue (see context)

"...cannelle battue à cinq sous le livre, riz battue à deux sous le livre..."

From a description of a market in Dijon in the middle ages.

Thanks.

Conor McAuley

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cocotier: 8:18am Jun 22, 2006: LA livre: nom féminin, désignant un poids de 500 gr. (entre autre!)

auctioned for

Explanation:
"enchère battue"

went under the hammer for...

Selected response from:

Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for your fascinating imput - unfortunately my deadline showed its ugly face before I was convinced by this answer, but I can't ignore 12 agrees. Thanks Sue, and hi!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +12	auctioned for	Dr Sue Levy

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +12

auctioned for

Explanation:
"enchère battue"

went under the hammer for...

Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks to all for your fascinating imput - unfortunately my deadline showed its ugly face before I was convinced by this answer, but I can't ignore 12 agrees. Thanks Sue, and hi!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

juliebarba: yes!! I was fascinated by this question and that was the only thing that I could think of....but got stuck with 'livre' as I thought that it should be a hammer ! :)

3 mins

-> it's the price - 5 sous (money) the lb in weight :-)

agree

Chanda Danley

3 mins

-> thanks Chanda

agree

Tony M: "knocked down for" --- and livre = pound, of course --- no metrication back in those days, and yet, look, Europe had all the same measurements! How novel! // Here in FR too! 5 sous prob. about 5 shillings

14 mins

-> thanks Tony - we still use "livre" here in Luxembourg for half kilo ;-)

agree

writeaway: cinq sous a pound (500 gr-still used in Netherlands-pond). how much was that I wonder.....

24 mins

-> thanks P and hi!

agree

Cristina Giannetti

1 hr

-> thanks!

agree

J S