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tresblanc (s.xiii)
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tresblanc (s.xiii)

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treblanc;  tresblaunk, 
pl. tresblans  
  FEW:  *blank 15/i,138b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  blanc (tresblanc)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1very white: 
( s.xiii3/4 ) Si ad funtaines salses en mult de lius dunt l’em buillist tresbon sel e tresblanc  Liv Regions 35
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  en tresbeaux, tresblancs et tresnettz drapels  Sz Med1 218.19
2 very bright, brilliant: 
( s.xiii; MS: c.1300 )  compaingnies de beneurez esperiz neantnombrables, tresblans  S Godric 5337
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  cherubin qui de lumere Porte la treblanche banere  Ross ANTS 3532
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  l'ewe vive, ke est clere aval Ausint cume de tresblaunk cristal  Apoc giffard 4332

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See also:

blanc  tres1 
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