cresté (1121-35)
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cresté (1121-35)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1351a crista; Gdf: 2,368c cresté; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1037 crester (cresté); DEAF:  creste (cresté); DMF:  crêté; TLF:  crester 1 / crester 2; OED:  crested adj.; MED:  cresten v. (crested); DMLBS: 519b cristare (p.ppl.) ]
cresteit;  crestu;  creté  

a.

1crested, having a crest: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  le dragun [...] Crestuz est e elez  569
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  serpens, dragons crestez  5493
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  un chief de serpent cresté desoz et desure  290
( MS: s.xiii )  cristatis: cresteit  i 368
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Creté com la mer quant ondoie  1225
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