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lesche1 (s.xiiim)
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lesche1 (s.xiiim)

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lecche,  leche,  leske,  lesshe,  leyke;  leesche;  loske  
  FEW:  *lisca 5,372a Gdf:  lesche 2 4,761a GdfC: ∅ TL: lesche 5,332 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  lèche 1  TLF:  lèche 1  OED:  leach n.1  MED:  leche n.2  DMLBS:  lesca 2 1587b

s.

1slice (of bread): 
( MS: s.xiiim )   Emblai lui suvent une loske de pain [...] Puis le manjai  217
( 1291-92 )  e me dona un leyke de pain ausi com ce fu un povere homme  6
2culin.in the name of dishes prepared from various ingredients cut into strips or slices: 
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  .j. leche lumbard' […] .j. leche roiall [...] Leche damasch' roiall […] Leche roiall vel quatre foiles vel quynt […] Leche roiall saunz f.  247
lesche lombart
lombart
a lesches
in slices: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  De payn ne a b[ri]be ne a lesche (M.E. szivere) (var. (T: 1415-20) leesche)  300
trencher a, en lesches
trencher

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