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crisopras (s.xii1/3)
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crisopras (s.xii1/3)

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crisopace,  crisopas,  crisopasse,  crisopaz;  crissopas;  chryzoprase  (creopase  S Brend (E) 1690,  crisopassus,  grisopase)  
  FEW:  chrysos 2/i,658b Gdf:  créopase 2,366a GdfC:  chrysopase 9,89b TL: crisopase 2,1064 DEAF:  crisopase  DMF:  chrysoprase  TLF: ∅ OED:  chrysoprase n.  MED:  crisopas(e n.  DMLBS:  chrysoprasus 335b

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chrysoprase (a stone): 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Crisopras vient d’Inde majur. De jus de purret a culur  Lapid 42.377
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Li murs flammet, tut abrase, De topaze, grisopase, De jargunce [...]  S Brend mup 1684
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Crisopassus mustre luer Que li sainz hom averunt mult cher  Best ants 2999
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Berilz, sardines e crisopaces (: topaces)  GAIMAR1 4882
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