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crespi (c.1235)
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crespi (c.1235)

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crespé  
  FEW:  crispus 2/ii,1346b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cresper 9,245c TL: ∅ DEAF:  cresp (crespé)  DMF:  crêpé  TLF:  crêpé  OED:  crispy adj.  MED:  crispi adj.  DMLBS:  crespare 518b

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1curly: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  A un arbre ki la fu […] Les cheveus Auban lie par les f[l]ocuns crespiz  S Aub 893
( MS: s.xiiiex ) calamistratum: (L) crespé, peniz, bey pené (var. (C: s.xiiiex) recokilé;  (O: s.xii/xiii) kokelé vel beu peyné )  TLL ii 42.82
2fruitbot.(of fruit) wrinkled: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Adonques homme les vandenge si come l’em fait les vygnes, et puis les sechche homme au solail, et puis sur un four si devient noirz et crespez  Mandeville 319

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