escreveice (s.xiiiin)
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escreveice (s.xiiiin)

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[ FEW: 16,382b *kre?itja; Gdf: 2,372a crevis ; GdfC: 9,423b ecrevice; TL: 3,998 escrevice; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  écrevisse; TLF:  écrevisse; OED:  crayfish, crawfish n.; MED:  crevise n. sg._and_pl. ; DMLBS: 517b crevicia 2 ]
escreviche;  crevece,  crevesce,  creveis,  crevez,  crevis;  creveche  

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1crustaceancrayfish, whelk: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Se vos trovez (=on an engraved gem) une escreveice, ou une escorpion, ou dous poissons [...]  288
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Oistre, creveis (M.E. welke) […]  (O) 336ra
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  les crevesces d’eiwe douce  89.595
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