scarlet (1185)
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scarlet (1185)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 19,149b saqirlat; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  scarlet n. and a.; MED:  scarlet n. / scarlet a.; DMLBS: 2956c scarlatus ]
scarlate,  scarlett,  scarlette;  skarlet  

s.

1 colour textile scarlet, rich cloth typically of a bright red colour: 
( 1365 )  et six deniers du drap d'assise et scarlet  iii 771
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  .vj. vergez de bon scarlet  5.37
( 1429 )  jeo lise a Marion chamberer mon hopland =overcoat de scarlet et le fur =lining de mesmes  ii 385
( 1435-36 )  .vj. verges de scarlate  46
2 colour scarlet, red colour: 
( 1409-10 )  [...] les font teintrere de lour grayn demesne en scarlet ou sangwyne  ii 165

a.

1 colour of scarlet colour, red: 
( MS: s.xiii )  vendunt pannos albos et nigros, camelinos, et blodios et burneticos, virides, scarleticos gloss: (L) scarlet radiatos et stanford[i]os  i 199.41 and ii 133.41
( 1423 )  .ij. gounez faitz de satyn vert et scarlet  iv 238.954
( 1429 )  .ij. verges de drap en graine et scarlate  107
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1185 )  William Scarlet  Scarlett
escarlet 
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