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plesseiz (1190-93)

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

plesseiz (1190-93)

plaisie,  plaisié,  pleisseiz,  plesés,  plesih,  plessés,  plessiz  (plaisuz  TLL ii 38)  
  FEW:  *plaxus 9,54a Gdf:  plaisseis 6,192b GdfC: TL: plaisse 7,1056 DEAF:  plais (plaisseïz)  DMF:  plaisse  TLF:  plaisse  OED:  plash n.1  MED:  plaishes n.  DMLBS:  plessa 2319c

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pleached, woven fence, hedge
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Querent aval, querent amunt, Querent en buissun e en bruil, De desuz branches e desuz fuil, En espeise e desuz plaisié, Partuit unt quis, partuit cerchié  S Edm Life ANTS 2701
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  N'ad guers loinz puis erré Qu'il ne veit liez un pleisseiz Un chastel tant ben assis  Gui War 6923
( MS: s.xiii )  recidiva, rami qui scissi sunt ab arboribus: (A) plaisuz (var. (L: xiiiex) recoperes, lé copurus; (O: xii/xiii) la recoupure; (C: xiiiex) lé recoupures; (D: xiii/xiv) recoupurus)  TLL ii 37
geog.marshy, fenny area
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  en autre lu com en bois ou en montaisnes ou en plasseis (Latin: locis palustribus) [...] soleient meuz gent a pé combatre  vegetius2 78.23

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See also:

plesser1 
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