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pi1 (1356-57)

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pi1 (1356-57)

 
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF:  pi  OED:  pi n.1  MED: DMLBS:  pi 2272c
ls(loanword: Greek )
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letterpi, letter of the Greek alhapabet equivalent to a 'p'
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Si vous voilez savoir de lour ABC quelles letttres [sic] ils ount, ici les poez veer ovesqes les nouns qe ils les appellent : alpha, betha, gama, delta, ebrevis, elonge, epilmon, zetha, hetha, iota, kapda, lapda, or, ni, exi, obrevis, pi, cophe, ro, [...]  Mandeville 112

[gdw]

See also:

p 
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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