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bisse1 (c.1136-37)
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bisse1 (c.1136-37)

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bice,  biche,  bis,  bisce,  bise,  byse,  bysse  (buisse  Rom de Rou wace ii 258.10056,  vise (l. bise)  Rot Parl1 ii 94)  
  FEW:  bestia 1,340a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bisse 8,327a TL: bisse 1,981 DEAF:  bisse 1  DMF:  biche  TLF:  biche  OED:  bisse n.2  MED:  bisse n.1  DMLBS:  bissa 201a / bissus 1 201b

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1zool.femalemammalshind, female deer: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Quatre bisses e chevrols sis  GAIMAR1 2733
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En sa main destre out un vaissel Plein de [...] leit novel Ki d'une blanche bisse esteit  Brut WACE 659
( MS: s.xii2 ) cerva: hynd .i. bysse  TLL i 22
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cervos: (J) bisses (var. (R: s.xiii1) bises; (D: s.xiii1) cerphs)  Gloss Nequam1 253
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cervam: bisse  TLL ii 5
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hec fele [...]: bice, hinde  Gloss Garland 175
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  cerfs, biches, brocartz  Man lang ANTS 31.12
♦herald.representation of a hind, female deer: 
( c.1275 )  Le counte de T., d’or a un byse de gule  Eight Rolls 50.120
♦zool.mammalsfawn, young of deer: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hinnulus: (H) bise gallice (var. (Ha: s.xivin) anglice foun)  TLL i 337
2fig.femalesweetheart, lover: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Fiz, aies leesce Od la moiller de ta jovniece. Bisse te seit tres acceptable [...]; Ses mameles te facent ivre [...]  Salemon 3853
( 1327; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Va t’en chaunson ignelement A la Bise (var. bisse) [...], Si la ditez brefment [...]  Lament Ed II (L) 107
3zool.livestockdomesticated animal (?): 
( MS: 1155-60 )  beneissez, vus, tutes fieres bestes et bisses (Latin: omnes bestiae et pecora) al seignur  Camb Ps 280.15
teste de bisse
herald.representation of a deer-head: 
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire W.M., d’argent a un scheveron de goules a troiz testes de bis de goules  Ashmole Roll m 3
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