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mure2 (1190-1210)
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mure2 (1190-1210)

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meudre,  meure;  more,  moure,  mur; 
pl. muris  
  FEW:  morum 6/iii,152b Gdf:  meure 2 5,320a GdfC:  moure 10,181a TL: more 4 6,265 DEAF:  more 2  DMF:  mûre  TLF:  mûre  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  morum 1845b

s.

bot.fruitfruit of the (black) mulberry: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  figes e grapes e peire e mure  2103
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il receit jus de moures douces  335
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  De la nature de meures: Meures de meurier ains que soient meures sunt d'aigre savour  298.S122.1
♦bot.fruitblackberry: 
( 1237 )  pro duobus butettis de mure et franeboyse  sub buttettus (230b)
( MS: s.xiv )  morum gallice: muris, a blakeberye  ii 61
♦fig.pej.(as an object of little value): 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Mes feres paroles e dures Mais ne valent pas bones mures  17094
flur de mure
bot.mulberry flower: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Alun, salgemme, voirre ars et .i. poi de orpiment et la flor de la meure soient bien conficés de vin egre et en frote l'en bien le leu et les dertres  i 250
franc mure
bot.treesmulberry tree: 
( MS: s.xiii ) celsus: (C*) franc more (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) le frang morir, mulberietre;  (C: s.xiiiex) morere, bribbel-tre )  ii 143.78
mure neire
bot.fruitblackberry: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Nen out fruit, si de bois non, [...] Mure neire u la prunele  4473
mure de runce
bot.fruitblackberry: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Murs de rounce (M.E. berie) et coudre-noys  686

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See also:

muré  murier 
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