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sirsen (c.1300)
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sirsen (c.1300)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: Arabic (?))
le

The context suggests the word is an Arabic borrowing, though no such etymon has been identified.

s.

pathol.(feverish) madness, frenzy, delirium: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Frenesie avient en fevre ague. De Avicenne est apelé karabicus e Almasor l'apele sirsen  A-N Med ii 139

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