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possonet (s.xii/xiii)

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FEW: popia 9,176b Gdf: poçonet 6,239c GdfC: ∅ TL: pochonet 7,2045 DEAF: poche 2 (pochonet) DMF: pochonet TLF: ∅ OED: posnet n. MED: possenet n. DMLBS: pocenet(t)us 2328a

pocenet, pocenette, pocinet; poscenet, poscinet; posenet, posnet; possenet, possoneit; pozonet, pozunet, postnez;
pl. pocenez, poscenes, posenes, possenes, possenez, posceneus ii 48.87,
pl. posseney ii 65.60

In origin the word is a diminutive of the much less frequent pochun. As is the case in Continental French, the word’s etymological sense of ‘ladle, large spoon’ (cf. FEW 9,176b), already seems to have developed into that of ‘small pot, pan (with a handle (?))’.

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1domestic implementposnet, (small) pot, pan (used primarily for cooking or boiling liquids):

( s.xiii^4/4; MS: 1307-15 ) E pus a pres li fust avis ke un pozonet, tut voude, vint flotant sur le ewe, e pus un pot plus grant plein de ewe 78

( MS: s.xiii ) urceoli: poscenes(var. (D: xiii/xiv) poss; (L: xiii/xiv) posseney; possenes) ii 65.60, 90.60 and 119.60

( c.1250; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Laver le (=root of lovage) deit, e fere net, E quire en un bel possonet 18

( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Va t’en, quistroun, ou toun havez, Estrere le hagis del postnez (var. (T: 1415-20) poscenet) 1036

( MS: s.xiv ) pus metez le jus e le vin en un poscenet [...]. Pus le facez un poy boylir [...] 63.W56

( MS: s.xii/xiii ) urcioli: possoneit ii 86.60

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