floundre (s.xii2)

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floundre (s.xii2)

[ FEW: 15/ii, 151b flundra /3,643b flundra; Gdf: 4,35b flondre; GdfC: ; TL: 3,1933 flondre; DEAF: F679 flonder; DMF:  flondre; TLF: ; OED:  flounder n.1; MED:  flounder n.; DMLBS: 967c flundra ]
flundra  

s.

1ich.zool.flounder, small flat fish
( MS: s.xii2 ) platissa: floc, pleiz oððe flundra  47.121
( 1219-26; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Cist n’avront ja vers nos defenses, Cist aquiteront nos despenses, Cez merrons nos o nos a Londres, Ou pescheront ici as flondres  17344
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  playz, sooles, floundres, anguillies, ne nul autre manere de peysçoun  102
( 1380 )  qe nul ne vende n’achate pur revendre nul manere pesson de Thamise, cestassavoir Smelt, Roches, floundres [...]  86
( MS: 1419 )  Qe nul regrate pessoun de ewe douce pur revendre; cestassavoir, roches, barbels, dars, floundres, stikelynges, smelt, lamprons, ne nul autre pessoun  689
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