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[grisain] (s.xiii1/4)
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[grisain] (s.xiii1/4)

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grisein,  grysein  (grisenc)  
  FEW:  *grîs 16,83a Gdf:  grizain 4,362a GdfC: ∅ TL: grisan 4,675 DEAF:  gris (grisan) G1420 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  grisengus 1107b

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( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Cote ot qe de sursegle (var. (B: s.xivin) de grisein) esteit  Ipom BFR 641
( MS: s.xiii1/4 )  ou peres preciouses, ou payles de paleis, ou grysein de Ravenesborugh  London Mun Coll 499
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Sa coilte n’est mie de ciclatun [...] Mes de un grisenc plus poignant de kerdo[n]  Lyric 205.18

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See also:

gris  grisel  griset  grisoevere 
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