[orvet] (s.xv1/4)
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[orvet] (s.xv1/4)

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  FEW:  orbus 7,390a Gdf:  orvet 5,647a GdfC:  orvet 10,245b TL: ∅ DEAF:  orp (*)  DMF:  orvet  TLF:  orvet  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
nornez (l. norvez),  norvez  

In Anglo-Norman the word is attested only in a form that seems to reflect an elision of the indefinite article un with orvez.

s.

1 zool.rept. small snake: 
( s.xv1/4 ) norvez (M.E. a snake)  686
( MS: s.xvm ) une nornez (l. norvez) (M.E. a snake)  93.262
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