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garance (s.xii)
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garance (s.xii)

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garence;  guarance;  uarence (l. varence),  varanche,  varence;  warance,  waranche,  waranz;  warence,  warencz,  warenge,  warense,  warenz,  waronce;  warrence  (garincie)  
  FEW:  *wratja 17,622b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  garance 9,683a TL: garance 1 4,100 DEAF:  garance G136 DMF:  garance 1  TLF:  garance  OED:  warence n.  MED:  warance n.  DMLBS:  warantia 2 3728b

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bot.med.madder: 
( MS: s.xii ) cimex: (glossed in error as) warance  TLL i 21
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Pur la piere pernez gromil, warance, burnete e persil  Nov Chir ANTS 744
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec sandix: waranche  TLL i 410
( MS: c.1275 )  warence ke vient en carecte a vendre  Winchester2 40.56
( MS: s.xiv )  la racine de garance bien moundé  Five Med MSS 59.W13
( 1379 )  Poyvere et altres darrés (=merchandise) achaté et vendu par lb. pur chescun .c. sera abaté gyngibre pur le tare [.j. lb.] et en mesme la manere de garence et pur sourply de demi .c. ou plus tanqe la .c. lb. sera abaté [.j. lb.]  Grocers 56
♦colourmadder dye (reddish-purple): 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  rubea: (D*) de uarence (l. varence), de vermayl  TLL ii 136.51

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