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pigace (1166)

The form picaz is a cross reference to the following entry:

pigace (1166)

pigaase,  pigas,  pigaz  (picaz  TLL i 89 );
pl. pigacis  
  FEW:  pica 8,421a Gdf:  pigace 6,155c GdfC: TL: pigace 7,929 DEAF:  pie 1 (pigace)  DMF:  pigace  TLF: OED: MED:  pigace n.  DMLBS:

The MED entry pigace n., translated as ‘part of a horse’s foot’, may be the same word, in which case their suggested etymology of Pegasus n. in the OED – the winged horse in Greek mythology – would be erroneous.

s.

1footwearcostumeelongated point of a shoe
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Croche le pié e estent sa pigace  FANT OUP 763
( MS: c.1250 )  De vestibus mulierum [...] hoc liripipium: pigace  TLL i 425.367
( MS: s.xiiiex ) Unus vicinorum nostrorum tulit hodie ad vendendum in pertica una sotulares ad laqueos cum liripipiis (gloss: (C) pigaz) (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) pigacis;  (L: s.xiii) pigas ), et ad plusculas, tibialia et cruralia et crepitas femineas et monachales  TLL i 197.9 and ii 127.9
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  tous au mond nasquismes nudz, Car ja nasquist si riches nuls Qui de nature ot un pigas  GOWER Mirour 23394
2costumeelongated point of a hood
( MS: s.xiii2 )  hoc capuciolum: picaz de caperun  TLL i 89
3fig.fraction, the least bit
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mes meint quide Rolant valer Qe la pigace ne vaut de Oliver  Man pechez 3214
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  ces ki pecchent charneument Par lecherie [...] aukune pigace unt d’amur  Lum Lais ANTS 3693
4 name (used as a surname)
( 1166 )  Gaufrid Pigace  Family Names Pygas
Dameisele Pigace
personif.personification of vanity
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  damoysele Pigace, Ki quintement se porte en place […] E damoysele Puteleime, […] E damoysele Tuche Mole, […] damoysele Deleauté  Lum Lais ANTS 3179

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See also:

pigasour 
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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