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branche (1121-25)
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branche (1121-25)

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brance,  branch,  braunche,  bronche,  brounche, 
(pl. branges  TLL ii 89)  
  FEW:  branca 1,496a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  branche 8,366a TL: branche 1,1117 DEAF:  branche  DMF:  branche  TLF:  branche  OED:  branch n.  MED:  braunch n.  DMLBS:  branchia 2 214b

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1bot.treesbranch: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) En Indie rat un’altre maniere de achate, u sunt braunches de arbres et farains entalliez  Lapid 98.II.7
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Li Arbre deveé, Kë heom ne puet brisier Branche ne depecier  Sibile 993
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  branche de olive aporta  Bible Holkham 11.18
( 1409-10 )  Item, payé in expense pur abater brounche coper et scharper prest a caryage .ccclxxv. olmewiz pernaunt pur le pese .iij. d.  Rochester 69
♦bot.trees(willow-)twig: 
( MS: s.xiiiex ) palmites: (C) lé braunches  TLL ii 143
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  palmes: branch  TLL i 37
♦bot.shoot: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  vitulamen: branche  TLL i 89
♦bot.sucker: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  spuria: branches  TLL ii 104
2domesticwicker basket: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  tirsos: banatu[n]s, branchis  TLL ii 104
3article, section: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  comenciez a orgoil e dites toutes les branches de lui  Ancren2 97.1
♦lawarticle (of statute): 
( 1425 )  L’estatut dit en cest darrein branche [...]  Readings i 37.17
4coll.treesbot.branches: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  les oiseals sur la branche  S Brend mup 850
5anat.mammalsven.zool.antlers: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Son serf (=stag) ad mult tost acuré, Puz li ad la teste atourné Sor les perches (var. (D: s.xivm) branches)  Ipom BFR 645
6 name (used as a surname): 
( 1169-87 )  Hugh Branche  Family Names Branch
( 1238 )  William Branche  Family Names Branch
( 1331 )  Peter Braunche  Family Names Branch
branche d’urs
urs
branche ursuse
ursus
branche ursine
ursin

See also:

brancele  brancheie  brancherie  branchette  branchier  branchir 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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