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gencive (s.xiiiin)

gencive (s.xiiiin)

gengive,  gensive,  genzive;  gingive, 
pl. gingivez,  gyngyves,  gyngyvez  (gencevus,  gencies  Courtoisie (A) 153)  
  FEW:  gingiva 4,137a Gdf: GdfC:  gencive 9,691c TL: gencive 4,237 DEAF:  gencive G463 DMF:  gencive  TLF:  gencive  OED:  gingiva n.  MED:  gingive n.  DMLBS:  gingiva 1077a

s.

anat.humangum (of teeth)
( MS: s.xiiiin )  gingiva: gallice gencive  Vernac Glosses 11
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Les denz lui fait voler des genzives devant  S Aub 838
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  La puor de la bouche si vient a la fiez de la purreture des gencives et de quitures qui na[i]ssent en la bouche  A-N Med i 194
( MS: s.xiii )  gengiva: gallice dicitur gencive  TLL ii 149.5
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  E les dames sunt ententives Pur bien laver lur gingives (M.E. þe gomes)  BIBB ROTH (G) 70
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pus aprés froterez Vos denz e gengives  Secr abernun 1645
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  le bouche ov le palet amont la lange, lez gingivez  Man lang ANTS 4.6
( MS: s.xv )  A gingive e dentz dolour  Five Med MSS 172.E631

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