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

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

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1zool.femalemammalshind, female deer: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Quatre bisses e chevrols sis  2733
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En sa main destre out un vaissel Plein de [...] leit novel Ki d'une blanche bisse esteit  659
( MS: s.xii2 ) cerva: hynd .i. bysse  i 22
( MS: s.xiii1 )  cervos: (J) bisses(var. (R: s.xiii1) bises; (D: s.xiii1) cerphs)  253
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cervam: bisse  ii 5
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hec fele [...]: bice, hinde  175
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  cerfs, biches, brocartz  31.12
♦herald.representation of a hind, female deer: 
( c.1275 )  Le counte de T., d’or a un byse de gule  50.120
♦zool.mammalsfawn, young of deer: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  hinnulus: (H) bise gallice (var. (Ha: s.xivin) anglice foun)  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 [...]  3853
( 1327; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Va t’en chaunson ignelement A la Bise (var. bisse) [...], Si la ditez brefment [...]  (L) 107
3zool.livestockdomesticated animal (?): 
( MS: 1155-60 )  beneissez, vus, tutes fieres bestes et bisses (Latin: omnes bestiae et pecora) al seignur  280.15
teste de bisse
1herald.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  m 3
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