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cirge (1113-19)
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cirge (1113-19)

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cerge,  cerege;  cierge;  serge,  sierge,  sirge  (siregey  Rotherham Brotherhood 101)  
  FEW:  cereus 2/i,604b Gdf:  cierge 2 2,132c GdfC:  cierge 9,91c TL: cierge 2 2,426 DEAF:  cierge 2  DMF:  cierge 1  TLF:  cierge  OED:  cierge n.  MED:  cerge n.  DMLBS:  cergia 318a

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candle: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Le cirge ne vereit Pur la grande clarted Que isterait de cel red (='pyre')  Comput ANTS 2564
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Sur ço n'estout cirge alumer  S Brend mup 326
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  En une chambre vyt cerges arder  Boeve 1106
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  cereus: (D) cirge  TLL ii 55
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  quant veit lampe ou cierge enlumie  BOZ Cont 129
( 1383-84 )  Item en costages pur les .vij. serges […] et pur le wast de les torches […] – .xxxviij. s. .j. d. ob.  Goldsmiths 206
cirge portant
candle-bearer: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Acolit est le quart degré […] Qui en fraunceis en espunaunt Atant dit come ‘cirge portant’  Corset ANTS 912

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cirger 
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