prun (s.xiii1)

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prun (s.xiii1)

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[ FEW: *9,491b pruna; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 1234a pruna1 ]
 

It is possible that the glosser mistook prunis (ablative plural of pruna ‘live coal’) for prunus ‘plum-tree’. The FEW notes that derivations from pruna are very rare and no others are extant from the medieval period.

s.

1coal, charcoal, fuel prepared from organic matter, especially wood
( MS: s.xiii1 )  prunis carbonum: pru[n]s, carbun, bresis  ii 99.67
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