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crisolite (s.xii1/3)
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crisolite (s.xii1/3)

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crisolites,  crisolitus;  grisolite,  grisolitus  (grisolice)  
  FEW:  chrysos 2/i,659a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chrysolithe 9,89a TL: crisolite 2,1063 DEAF:  crisolite  DMF:  chrysolithe  TLF:  chrysolithe  OED:  chrysolite n.  MED:  crisolite n.  DMLBS:  chrysolithus 335b

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chrysolite (a stone): 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Crisolite (var. (A: s.xiiex) Grisolite) fait a amer; Si a semblant d’eve de mer  Lapid 39.297
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) As gutes d'or grisolites Mult i aveit d'isselites  S Brend mup 1681
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  Grisolite (var. (G: s.xiiiin) Grisolice) est semblante a ewe de mer  Lapid 99.VII.1
( MS: s.xiii1 )  [L]i clerc dient que crisolite Est preciose margarite  Lapid 166.289
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