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olive (s.xii1/3)

olive (s.xii1/3)

olleve,  olyf,  olyve  
  FEW:  oliva 7,346b Gdf:  olive 5,593c GdfC:  olive 10,229c TL: olive 6,1067 DEAF:  olive  DMF:  olive  TLF:  olive  OED:  olive n.1 and adj.  MED:  olive n.  DMLBS:  oliva 2017b

s.

1bot.treesolive, olive tree
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) [...] sicume olive fruit portant en la maisun Deu  Oxf Ps ANTS 72.51.8
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Gastent les blés entur, les poiveres, les comins, E le fruit des olives, les dates, les reisins  Rom Chev ANTS 4264
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  [...] a ky sepucre (= of St Torquatus) une olive est plaunté ke a la feste de luy flurist en une nouyt et porte frust  Turpin 143
olive wood
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  L’eschine fu de olyve, de palme le haut cryné (:pyé)  Lyric 186.28
2bot.fruitolive, fruit of the olive tree
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Tegolitus ço est un num D’une pere de tel façun Cum grain d’olive en verté  Lapid 257.1651
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiiiin )  Cecolitus (=tecolithos (a stone)) resemblet nuel de olive; vil a veer mais de mult grant vertud est  Lapid 109.xlii
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Pain od olives  S Clem ANTS 5576
( 1436 )  .i. pipe de olyves  Port Bk foster 102
olive salvage
bot.treesoleaster, wild olive
( MS: c.1250 )  hic oleaster: olive sauvage  TLL i 427
branche, raim d'olive
treesbot.olive branch (as a symbol of peace)
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Branches d’olive en voz mains porterez: Ço senefiet pais e humillitet  Roland 72
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Artur fu assis a un deis, Envirun lui cuntes e reis [...] Duze esteient, e duze rains D'olive tindrent en lur mains  Brut WACE 10627-28
fuille d'olive
bot.olive leaf
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez alume zucré e foilles d'olive e roses e poliol roial  A-N Med i 58
oile d'olive
oile1

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See also:

oliver1  oliver2 
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