[noisille] (s.xiii1)
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[noisille] (s.xiii1)

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  FEW:  nucicula 7,226b Gdf:  noisille 5,518a GdfC: ∅ TL: noisille 6,735 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  noisille  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  nucicula 1944b / nucilla 1944b
nusille,  nusil;  nycel  

Just like petite noiz sub noiz1, the diminutive seems to refer specifically to the ‘hazelnut’. See also noisette.

s.

1bot.fruitsmall nut, hazelnut: 
( s.xiii1 )  avellana: nusils  20
( MS: s.xiii )  In virgulto magistri Johannis cerasus fert cerasa [...] avellana avellanas (gloss: nusilles)  i 202.77 and ii 153.77
( MS: s.xiii ) avellanas: (L) nusilles (var. (C: s.xiiiex) nugagis;  (D: s.xiii/xiv) petite noys )  ii 143.77
noiz#1  noisette  noisiller 
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