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demonympeople of Serica, inhabiting parts of Eastern Asia (probably China) and associated with the production of silk:
(
s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2
)
En latin ay oy les genz Seres nomer, Car plusors mers covient, ainz k'en i soit, sigler
Rom ChevANTS 7182
(
s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4
)
En la terre u Seres sunt
S ClemANTS 9327
(
s.xiii1; MS: s.xiv2
) la gent reponse qu’em apelet Seres, qui des reims e des branches de lor bois carpissent la seie tele cum iraignee e puis de ço en funt dras
Merveilles Inde 98
Seres1 (s.xii3/4)