perne1 (s.xiii)
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perne1 (s.xiii)

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  FEW:  perna 8,253a Gdf:  perne 2  GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  perne  DMF:  perne  TLF:  perne  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  perna 2221c
pern,  perle  12.148,  p[ur]ne (l. p[er]ne)  24; 
pl. pernis,  pernys,  perloes  12.148 (var.)  

The OED suggests that the second element of the locution pretty perny n. may derive from this word.

s.

1culin.ham, gammon, a flitch of bacon: 
( MS: s.xiii )  munia[n]tur blado et mero et farre et pernis (gloss: pernys)(var. pernis; (L: xiii/xiv) de un bacun; pernes) et baconibus et carn  i 183 and ii 70, 92, 100, 121
( MS: c.1250 )  hec perna: perne  i 423.261
( 1291-92 )  .iij. pernes de porke  33
( c.1410 )  De chescune perne par sey, qua.  194
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