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sap1 (s.xii1)
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sap1 (s.xii1)

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sab,  saf,  sape,  saype  
  FEW:  *sappus 1 11,214a Gdf:  sap 1 7,313b / sape 1 7,313c GdfC: ∅ TL: sap 9,170 DEAF:  sap  DMF:  sap  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sappus 2934c

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bot.treesfir, pine tree, evergreen tree of the family Pinaceae: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Iluec li oisel ferunt lur nid; al escufle li saps la maisun de lui  Camb Ps 188.CIII.17
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiv2 )  si ert tute sa rive vestue d’uns rosels qui ourent seisante pez de lunge e erent de maiur grossur que pin u sap  Merveilles Inde 131
( MS: s.xiiim )  hec abies: sap  TLL i 427.532
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Arable, sape (M.E. fyr) et glasier  Nominale 652
♦bot.treesfir-, pine-wood: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mainte hainte de sap  Rom de Rou wace i 142.3900
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  un mazelin [...] de sap u de pin  Horn 2431
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  El pavement fud [...] li marbres culchiez e desure tables de sap  Liv Reis1 123

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See also:

sapeie  sapin  sapine  sapinois  savin1 
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