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greve1 (s.xiiim)
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greve1 (s.xiiim)

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greyve  (grene (l. greve)  Vernac Glosses 16,  grive)  
  FEW:  graban 16,48a Gdf:  greve 3 4,353a GdfC: ∅ TL: greve 1 4,636 DEAF:  graver (greve) G1268 DMF:  grève 2  TLF:  grève 3  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  greva 3 1107a

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1cosmet.parting (of hair): 
( MS: s.xiiim )  hec glabella: greve  TLL i 420.5
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  La greve (M.E. scheld) de moun chef. Fetes la greve (M.E. þe shed) au laver  BIBB ROTH (G) 31
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  glabella: (T) la greve de la testhe  TLL ii 30
( MS: s.xiiiex ) circa discrimen: (C) entour la greve (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) la greve, a[nglice] sched;  (L: s.xiii) greve de chef )  TLL ii 126.5
( 1313-14 )  ly feri en la teste en la partie destre pres de la greve  YBB Ed II v 100
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  En my le teste est le grive, le kakenel derere, la visage devant de tout le teste  Liber Donati (D) 25.275
2anat.(of head) top, crown: 
( 1260; MS: s.xivin )  ly fit une playe en travers tot dreit en mi la greyve de la teste  Brev Plac 222
( 1300 )  E de meimes l’eppee le dona une playe en la teste al part senestre de la greve de la teste  King’s Bench iii 102

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graver2 
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