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^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
1547, Leon Ladulfi [pseudonym; Noël du Fail], “Maistre Leon Ladulfi, au lecteur salut”, in Propos rustiques, de maistre Leon Ladulfi champenois, Lyon: Par Iean de Tournes, page 9:
Vegece (autrement gentil compaignon, & bien inſtruit à la guerre) veult lhomme de guerre eſtre nourry aux champs, et eſtoyent nourriz anciẽnement les enfans des Princes, aux champs, non en ceste delicateſſe des villes.