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osier (s.xii/xiii)
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osier (s.xii/xiii)

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hoser,  hosier,  hosir,  hosyere;  oseer,  oser,  osere,  oseyr,  osiere,  osir,  osyer;  ozier  (ocyr,  osiir ),
(pl. oszerz  TLL i 151)  
  FEW:  auseria 15/i,24b Gdf:  osiere 5,651b GdfC:  osier 10,246c TL: osier 6,1338 / osiere 6,1338 DEAF:  osiere (osier)  DMF:  osier  / osière  TLF:  osier  OED:  osier n. and a.  MED:  osier n.  DMLBS:  osera 2063a / oserium 2063a

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1bot.treesosier willow, withy (any of several types of willow): 
( MS: c.1250 )  hec vibra vel vimen: osier  TLL i 427.578
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivm )  Arbres i vi de totes partz [...] Cipresse, osere, alemander  Blancheflour 65
( MS: s.xiiiex )  vimen gallice: hosyere  TLL ii 170
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  siler: est quedam arbor .s. osier  TLL i 393
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  arundo: osier  TLL ii 54.85
( MS: s.xv2 )  Vimen: (C13) oseer  Plant Names 262
2wickerwork, structure of flexible osier twigs plaited together: 
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  artecanistrata: (O) de osier (var. (A: xiii) hoser; (C: xiiiex) de l'art de vergerie; (D: xiii/xiv) de art de osier; (L: xiiiex) de artz de ocyr; (T: xii/xiii) de art de hosier)  TLL ii 45.85
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Rusticus [...] domum habeat munitam corbibus, calathis, cumeris vimineis (glosses: de osiere) (var. (D: xiii/xiv) de osier; (L: xiii/xiv) de osirs; de osiirs) [...]  TLL i 186.158 and ii 75.158 and ii 115.158
( MS: s.xiiiex )  canistra: (L) oseyr  TLL ii 56.85

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