escunse1 (1194-99)
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escunse1 (1194-99)

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  FEW:  abscondere 24,50b Gdf:  esconse 3,421c GdfC: ∅ TL: esconse 3,960 DEAF:  escondre 1 (esconse)  DMF:  esconse  TLF: ∅ OED:  sconce n. 1  MED:  scons(e n.  DMLBS:  sconsa 2975a
esconse,  esconz;  escunse,  descunse ii 81  

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1domesticimplementsconce, screened candle holder or lantern: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Si com[e] chandeille en esconse  5681
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) Sint etiam cultelli, salarium, salinum sculptum, theca caseorum, candalabrum, absconsa gloss: (D) ascunse, laterna, calathi  i 182.62 and ii 66.62
( 1401 ) Il lui donna une esconse d'or, un coffin pour chandelles, un mouschoir a chandelz moult riche  401.D4
ascunse#1  scunse 
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