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heingre (s.xii2/4)
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heingre (s.xii2/4)

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hengre;  haingre  
  FEW:  'maigre' (heingre) 21,285b Gdf:  haingre 4,400c GdfC: ∅ TL: haingre 4,826 DEAF:  haingre H42 DMF:  haingre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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slender, slim: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  heingre out le cors e graisle e eschewid  Roland 3820
( c.1192; MS: b.1294 )  Leuns avums de hengre cors, Les uns tuz blans, les autres sors  Pr Jean3 125.D183
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  ceus qui gardent les fighes et les vingnes et gaires autres viandes n’usent deviennent gros et cras et bien coloreiz, et quant cessent de l’user, tost deviennent maigres et haingres  Waterford busby 295.S119.5

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