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neiresce (c.1230)

neiresce (c.1230)

neresce,  noirece  
  FEW:  niger 7,133a Gdf: GdfC: TL: noiresce 6,727 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

blackness
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Lez ceste Moretaigne estat, Ke de neiresce le nun ad  Pet Phil 1236
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  (In the mouth) Contre neresce: une vive aronde tot sanz plume ardez en poudre, cele od semence de cholet bevez en vin  A-N Med ii 229

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See also:

neir  neiret  neirir  neirté  neirun  nercir  nerçun 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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