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pere3 (s.xiiiex)
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pere3 (s.xiiiex)

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peire,  per,  peyre,  poire  (pire, ,  pyr  TLL i 148 ),
(pl. peris,  pirez,  piris  TLL ii 110,  pers)  
  FEW:  pirum 8,572b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  peire 10,306c TL: poire 7,1328 DEAF:  poire  DMF:  poire  TLF:  poire  OED:  pear n.  MED:  pere n.1  DMLBS:  pirum 2290a

For use of pere to refer an object of little value see F. Möhren, Le renforcement affectif de la négation par l’expression d’une valeur minimale en ancien français. Niemeyer, 1980, p.195-6.

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1fruitbot.pear, the fruit of the pear-tree: 
( c.1300 )  De chescun toun des poumes et des peires  Oak Book ii 12
( 1318; MS: s.xv )  pomes, pers, ciris et autrez fruytez qi le dit fruitier purvera  Ord York 249
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  dez pirez (var. (T: s.xiv1/4) poires) et pomez j'ay plenté  Liber Donati (D) 22.155
( 1427-28; MS: s.xv )  Peres en comfyt, payn puffé  Feast Menus 247
♦(as a worthless object) pear: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Mun estat adés espeire, Ne le pris pas une peyre  Rom 15 (Dd.10.31) 251.77
2treesbot.pear-tree, Pyrus communis: 
( MS: c.1310 )  .xl. peres (l. perés?) (var. (Ro: a.1330) perers); pris de chescun .x. d.  Nov Narr 305
pere jonet
jonet1
pere Robert
fruitbot.Syrian pear, pyrus syriaca: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Unde Virgilius ominia pira comprehendit sub generis trium pirorum dicens sic: crustiniis Siriisque piris (gloss: peire robert) gravibusque volemis  TLL i 224 and i 231
pere grant
fruitbot.peach, fruit of the Prunus persica: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Dorrage: peris grant  Gloss Arab 375.162
pesante pere
fruitbot.large, weighty pear: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Unde Virgilius ominia pira comprehendit sub generis trium pirorum dicens sic: crustiniis Sirrisque piris gravibusque volemis (gloss: pelante (l. pesante))  TLL i 224 and i 231

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See also:

peré1  peremain  peremainer  perer1 
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