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possonet (s.xii/xiii)
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possonet (s.xii/xiii)

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

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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domesticimplementposnet, (small) pot, pan (used primarily for cooking or boiling liquids): 
( s.xiii4/4; 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  Reis Engl1 78
( MS: s.xiii )  urceoli: poscenes (var. (D: xiii/xiv) poss; (L: xiii/xiv) posseney; possenes)  TLL ii 65.60, 90.60 and 119.60
( c.1250; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Laver le (=root of lovage) deit, e fere net, E quire en un bel possonet  Cosmetic Recs 18
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Va t’en, quistroun, ou toun havez, Estrere le hagis del postnez (var. (T: 1415-20) poscenet)  BIBB ROTH (G) 1036
( MS: s.xiv )  pus metez le jus e le vin en un poscenet [...]. Pus le facez un poy boylir [...]  Five Med MSS 63.W56
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  urcioli: possoneit  TLL ii 86.60

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pochun 
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