pessir (s.xiii1)
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pessir (s.xiii1)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 12,197b *spissia; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  espoisse (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
pecer,  pesser  

This verb is probably an aphetic form of espessir.

v.n.

1to thicken: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Trama autem beneficio navicule transeuntis transmissa consolidet (gloss: pessit) opus totum  ii 102.73
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A la fiez si ne pecent (l. n'epecent?) pas les humors [en quantité, mes] en pecent (l. enpecent) en qualité  i 206.86
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  denso: pesse  ii 11
( MS: c.1325 )  Pernés le lynesed e quissez ben tanck que le ewe pesse  148.656
espessir 
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