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kiper (1354)

kiper (1354)

kyper,  quiper  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  kiper K18 DMF: TLF: OED:  kipper n.1 and adj.  MED:  kipre n.  DMLBS:  kiprus 1527c
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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s.

ich.zool.kipper, a male salmon during the spawning season
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  Quant un samon voelt espander et fair de joefnes, il se trait loynz de la mer vers mont en ces eawes et devient tout hors de sa nature; et l'appelle home kyper (var. (C: s.xivex) quiper) en ascuns paiis  Sz Med1 85
( 1376 )  qe null salmon soit pris en Tamise [...] en temps q'il soit kiper, c'est assavoir entre les festes de l'Invention del Crois et le Epiphanie  Rot Parl1 ii 331
( 1386 )  qar en cel temps il est kiper hors de seson & de nulle value  London English 87

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