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forn (s.xii1)

forn (s.xii1)

for,  forne,  four;  fourn,  fourne;  fur;  furn,  furne;  furnt;  fuur  (furno)  
  FEW:  furnus 3,902b Gdf: GdfC:  forn 9,641a TL: for 3,2049 DEAF:  for  DMF:  four  TLF:  four  OED: MED: DMLBS:  fornax 988a

s.

furnace, oven
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ou envolupe [l'en] cucurbita en paste et le quise om en .i. for  A-N Med i 169
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  E lé peres les outh mucés dedens un fuur e Jhesus demaundoyt quoy estoyt dedenz le four  Bible Holkham 26.27.3 and 5
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le fist gettre en un fourn ardaunt de flaume mes par Cristiens fu estret sanz blemure  TREVET Cron1 195.24
( 1382 )  delivrer sufissante de maerisme pur ses fournes, et buche et carbons pur son mestier pur plumbe foundre  GAUNT2 ii 240
( MS: c.1400 )  faites lez primes ensechier en un forn, ou encontre le solel  Five Med MSS 74.T64
( MS: s.xv1 )  Traiez un payn de furn tut chaud  Pop Med 30
forn de feu
domesticburning oven, furnace
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Poseras icels cume furn de fu  Oxf Ps ANTS 53.20.9
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu poseras eals sicume furn de feu (Latin: clibanum ignis) el tens del tuen vult  Camb Ps 31.9
forn reverberacionis
pharm.med.reverbatory furnace (in which the flames touch the material being heated)
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pus metez in furno reverberacionis et calcinez le (=a mixture of powdered tin and salt) byen si la ke il seyt tot blonk  Alchimie 380.6

See also:

forneise  forneux  fornil 
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