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messun (s.xii2)
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messun (s.xii2)

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meissun,  meisun;  messon,  muissun  (mosoun,  mossoun  Ipom BFR (B) 7588)  
  FEW:  messio 6/ii,48a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  meisson 10,136c TL: moisson 2 6,160 DEAF:  moisson 2  DMF:  moisson 1  TLF:  moisson  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  messio 1779a

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agriculturalharvest: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dis tant seia que cumpainun Ki seiant fust cele messun  S Clem ANTS 2112
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Vers orient s'estent Messie, Dit cum de messun replenie  Pet Phil 1018
♦agriculturalharvesting, harvest-time : 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  estendid une haire sur une pierre pur les cors guarder des le cumencement de meissuns de ci que sur els descendist pluie del ciel  Liv Reis1 100
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E al messun dirrai ma gent: 'La naele primes cuillez E en fesselez les liez'  Mirur2 3467
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Semont le blé, mais nequedent. Quant messon vient darreinement, Nul fruit en ont  GOWER Mirour 15595
♦lawlease fee which consists of half the crop: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [...] q'il seyt destreynt par tutz ses biens e ses chateux de denz mosoun e dehors  Dom Gip 92

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See also:

messer1  messuer  messuner  mestiver  mez1 
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