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claret1 (s.xiiiin)
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claret1 (s.xiiiin)

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clarett;  clarré,  clarrot  
  FEW:  clarus 2/i,740a Gdf:  claret 2,146c GdfC:  claret 9,105b TL: claret 2,463 DEAF:  cler (claret)  DMF:  clairet  TLF:  clairet  OED:  claret n.2 and a.  MED:  claret a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1clear, limpid: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  une fontaine Clarette e pure e douce e saine  Dial Greg SATF 5380
2 oenol.beveragecolour (of wine) light red or pink coloured: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  grus e jantes e bon vin clarré  Boeve 1335
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Vyn vermaile est bon claret  Nominale 20.642
( 1396; MS: s.xivex )  ils aportent de tresbonne cervoise et des bons vins, c'est a savoir vin claret, vermaille et blanc  Man lang ANTS 42
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1279 )  John Clarrot  Family Names Claret
( 1379 )  Magota Claret  Family Names Claret

See also:

clarcir  clare  claré1  clarece  clarer  clarifier  clarion  clarioner1  clarioner2  clarur  cler  cleré  clerement 
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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