crespe (s.xii3/4)
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crespe (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1347b crispus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,245c crespe 1; TL: 2,1032 crespe; DEAF:  cresp (crespe 1); DMF:  crêpe 2; TLF:  crêpe 2; OED:  crisp n.; MED:  crisp n.; DMLBS: 518c crispus ]
crepe,  crispe, 
pl. escrepes  862.2  

s.

1pancake, fritter: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  li donez […] crepes de la greignure consoude  i 79
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  (At the feast) Puis averent […] Braoun, crispes e fruture  1131
( MS: s.xiii2 )  crispata: un crespe  i 159-160
( s.xivin )  puys jettez sucre desus les crespes  862.2
2frying-pan: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Si en sunt (=made of gold) ly crepe, ly pestel e ly gril  4364
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