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cancre (1113-19)
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The form cancer2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

cancre (1113-19)

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cancer,  cankre,  cankur,  cauncre,  caunkre;  chancer,  chancre;  kancre,  kanker,  kankur;  kauncre,  kaunkir  (kancle (l. rancle?)  Five Med MSS 120.E33 ),
(Latin cancrum  Comput 948)  
  FEW:  cancer 2/i,176b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cancer 8,418b / cancre 8,418c TL: cancre 2,20 DEAF:  chancre  DMF:  cancer  TLF:  cancer 1  / cancer 2  OED:  cancer n. and a.  MED:  canker n.  DMLBS:  cancer 255c

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1astron.Cancer, the Crab: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cancer est al chef la sus, Capricornus est jus  Comput ANTS 399
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  la pere u vus troverez cancre, escorpiun u peysuns  Lapid 279
2med.pathol.abscess, sore, ulcer: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Chancre l’ad en la buche feru  Mir N-D 245.24
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivin )  Cil clerk [...] Fierement enmaladi Car une cancre lui feri. Enz al levres la se asit Et tote la face lui purprist  Mir Vge 38.36
♦pathol.med.tumour, carcinoma: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  si fut la Dé ancele […] en la mamele De chancre soudement ferue  Dial Greg SATF 15417
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Entre cancre et festre a deseivre  Pop Med 186.1197
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ad cancer del membre: pernez […]  A-N Med ii 239
3canker-worm: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Le cancre manjue le quir, Si fait la plaie aneircir  Pop Med 186.1183
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  un malveis verm qe homme appelle cancre  Sz Med1 171
cancre de fluvie
crustaceanzool. fresh-water crab: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  si mete l’em une poudre sore qui soit fait des extremités des chancres de flueve et de cinamonie  A-N Med i 193
( MS: s.xivin )  pernet cancres de fluvie e quisset desouz les cendres  A-N Med ii 162
cancre de mer
crustaceanzool.crab: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  cancre de mer .i. se crabbe  A-N Med ii 174
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