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encre (s.xii1/3)
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encre (s.xii1/3)

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enca;  enke,  enque;  enkre;  henke  
  FEW:  encaustum 3,224b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  encre 9,455c TL: enche 3,199 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  encre 1  TLF:  encre  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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ink: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Quer mei, bel frere, ed enca e parcamin Ed une penne  S Alexis1 281
( MS: s.xiii2 )  incaustum: (C) la enke (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) henke; (L: s.xiii/xiv) enke)  TLL ii 79
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  par vice de escripture, cum de deverses meyns ou deverses enkes  BRITT i 314
( 1311 )  la chartre n’est mesqe un poy d’encre et parchemyn  YBB Ed II xi 44
♦ink-horn: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  incaustrum: (R) enke  Gloss Nequam1 255.168
( MS: s.xiv/xv )  atramentario: nert, enke  TLL ii 153
♦ink-fish: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  lolligine: (D) henke (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) tenche)  TLL ii 78.163
encre vert
colourink-green, bright green: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  s’il la (=an emerald) volt encre vert faire, Tres bien la let el vin e moille,  Lapid 38.264
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  ele devient plus encre verte, si hom la levet en vin  Lapid 99.V.16
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