onix (s.xii1/3)

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onix (s.xii1/3)

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[ FEW: 7,356b onyx; Gdf: 5,604c onice 1; GdfC: 10,233c onyx; TL: 6,1126 oniche; DEAF:  oniche; DMF:  onyx; TLF:  onyx; OED:  onyx n. and adj.; MED:  oniche n.; DMLBS: 2024c onyx ]
onice,  oniche,  onyche,  onyx  

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1lapid.onyx (stone), a type of chalcedony used frequently in jewellery
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  Onix c'est [d'une] pere nom [...] Faite cume ungle de main  253.1547
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivm )  De l'aumbre, charbocle e caucedoyne, Onyche, rubie, sardoyne  38
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  et ly degrez a mounter vers le trone ou il siet, l'un est de oniche, l'autre de cristal [...] l'autre de cornaline  438
onchinius  onicha  onicle 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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