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niger (s.xii1/3)
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niger (s.xii1/3)

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negre,  nigre, 
Lat.gen. nigri, 
Lat.dat. nigro  
  FEW:  niger 7,129b Gdf:  negre 5,485c GdfC: ∅ TL: noir 6,718 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  nègre  TLF:  nègre  OED:  neger n. and a.2  / neger a.  / niger n.1  MED:  nigrum a.  DMLBS:  niger 1913c

a.

colourblack: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  les poudres castorei, elibori nigri, euforbii et roses  A-N Med i 178
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  [...] cere nigre unce une e fetes un oynement e enoynét le pis  A-N Med ii 160
( 1423-24 )  plonkett rayé, plonkett niger  Durham 619
( 1428 )  . iiij. balet de paper negre, contenu .xl. remes  Port Bk studer 78

s.

lapid.gelaticum, a stone: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  Niger est d'une pere nom Que alquant nument gelaticum  Lapid 251.1457

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See also:

neir 
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