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musche1 (s.xii1/3)

The form muge2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

musche1 (s.xii1/3)

moche,  mosche;  mouche,  mousche;  muche,  muge,  muske; 
pl. muchis  (much  Gloss St John2 483 mulche  TLL ii 103.159)  
  FEW:  musca 6/iii,248a Gdf: GdfC:  mousche 10,181b TL: mosche 1 6,316 DEAF:  mosche  DMF:  mouche 1  TLF:  mouche  OED: MED: DMLBS:  musca 1 1869b

s.

insectszool.fly, gnat, etc. (used to refer to a variety of winged insects)
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki ceste pere portera: Ja musche sur lui ne serra  Lapid 251.1486
( 1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Idunkes vendrunt musches, Hanetuns e laustes Ki les fruiz mangerunt Ki en terre serrunt  Sibile 635
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  cil qe mouche (M.E. fleye) masche ou gouste, Un grant gate li mettez jouste  BIBB ROTH (G) 1099
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  La moche l’egle desavance  Ross ANTS 2767
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  pur la (=the wound) garder de mouches [...]  Sz Med1 207
insectszool.honey-bee
( MS: s.xv )  pernez rei de mel si com il est en la rusche, mes ke vous osterez lez musches  Five Med MSS 104.S161
insectszool.flea
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  cest mastin d’enfer viegne querant et oulant od ses musches sanglantes des puanz pensiers  Ancren1 203.11
musche de chen
insectszool.flea
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cinifum: (C) mouche de chen (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) de vibés; (L: s.xiii/xiv) wibés)  TLL ii 75.159
morir cum musches
fig.to drop like flies, die in large numbers
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Com musches i morirent.C. M. par coup d'espé  LANGTOFT thiol2 396.1764

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See also:

esmucheur  muschette  musket1 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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