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frese1 (s.xiii3/4)
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frese1 (s.xiii3/4)

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freze;  freyse  
  FEW:  fragum 3,748b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  fraise 9,663b TL: fraise 3,2190 DEAF:  fraise  DMF:  fraise 1  TLF:  fraise 1  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

bot.fruitstrawberry: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez freses en tens d'esté Et bon miel chaut et escumé, Ensemble les devez meller  Pop Med 156
( MS: c.1300 )  Fragraria: g[allice] freses, a[nglice] streberies  Bot Gloss 111.92
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  La velu pesche et frese rouge (M.E. Opyn-herse and streberie)  Nominale 692
♦fig.fruitbot.as worthless object: 
( 1317 )  jeo ne durray mie une frese pur soun plee  YBB Ed II xxii 62
( 1318 )  l’alturnement de ly ne vaudra rien (var. ne vaut une freze)  YBB Ed II xxii 271

See also:

fresee2  fresel2  fresere 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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