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runceie (1121-25)

runceie (1121-25)

runcei  
  FEW:  rumex 10,557b Gdf:  ronçoi 7,234c GdfC: TL: ronçoi 8,1547 / ronçoie 8,1547 DEAF:  ronce 2 (ronçoi)  DMF:  ronçoi  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  runcaria 2872a

s.

coll.bot.brambles, thorn-bushes
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  De runceie ne de cardunt Ne de orthie n'i ad fusun  S Brend mup 1739
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Terre [...] ki tant est faillante en sei Que rien ne porte fors runcei  S Clem ANTS 13944
bot.geog.bramble patch, place where thorn-bushes grow
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  partuit cerchié Tant ke en un espez espinei Enclos tuit d’un grant rincerei (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) runcei)  S Edm Life ANTS 2704 (var.)

[gdw]

See also:

runce  runcel  runcenei  runcerei  runçon 
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