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escripe (c.1170)

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escripe (c.1170)

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FEW: *skirpja 17,121b Gdf: escharpe 3,373b GdfC: escherpe 9,514b TL: escharpe 3,863 DEAF: ∅ DMF: écharpe TLF: écharpe OED: scrip n. 1 MED: scrip(pe n. DMLBS: ∅

escrippe; escrepe, escreppe, eschreppe; escherpe, escrupe

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1scrip, wallet, small bag (often used by pilgrims):

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Escreppe ot e burdun e un chapeau feutrin 3683

( MS: s.xiii¹ ) chalça les sollers a liens a ses piez, E l'escrupe a sun col pendue cum passagers [...] Quant il fu ascemez ben resembla palmer 1637

( MS: c.1250 ) pera: escrippe i 424

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) deners ne averoyent ne muneye; De escrepe ne eussent cure 849

mettre la suriz en sun (etc.) escripe

1 prov. to be miserly, close-fisted:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) molt soi tient segur e sein Qui met [...] en s’escherpe la souriz [...] souriz en bourse est avarice qui plus nuist que nul autre vice 8797

scripe sharpe

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