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grive1 (s.xii2)
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grive1 (s.xii2)

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gryve  (girve  Court Bar 95,  grivae,  grue ),
(pl. gryvas  Man lang ANTS 73.38)  
  FEW:  graecus 4,209a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  grive 9,728b TL: grive 4,677 DEAF:  grieu (grive) G1381 DMF:  grive  TLF:  grive  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

orn.zool.fieldfare or thrush: 
( MS: s.xii2 )  turdus: screc, grivae  Aelfric Gloss 45.108
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  E mangez la grive (M.E. þe feldefare) au diner  BIBB ROTH (G) 32
( MS: s.xiv1 )  campester: un gryve (M.E. a feldefare)  Westm Glosses 15
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  dez gruez auxi et dez grivez (M.E. fyldfarys) et d'autre volatile savage  Liber Donati (D) 22.154
( MS: s.xvm )  une grue, anglice a feldyfare  Fr Voc 94.292

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griu 
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