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superfice (s.xiiiin)

superfice (s.xiiiin)

 
  FEW:  superficies 12,440b Gdf:  superfice 7,594b GdfC: TL: superfice 9,1076 DEAF:  superfice  DMF:  superfice  TLF: OED:  superfice n.  MED:  superfice n.  DMLBS:  superficies 3305b

The editor of A-N Med interprets the word as superficé, in which case it may be considered a variant spelling of superficie. However, the unaccented form is well attested in the cognate dictionaries of French and English.

s.

1anat.extremity, top
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) En elefancie devienent les iauz [reonz] et les paupers fronciez et les narines estroiz et la voiz esroé et le cors plain de buberons roges et dures et les superfices d'aucune des parties sont insensibles  A-N Med i 248.187
2surface, exterior
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Kar a la fiez humor superfluele sorhabunde defors en la superfice del poumon, de la quele pesantime le poumon est chargés  A-N Med i 200.73
( MS: s.xiv1 ) jeo voy qe chescune chose verraie ad apparisaunce, fourme, pois et colour. Et jeo voy sur chescune chose face, superfice, fente q’est dit diametre, circumference q’est dit compas, et .3. mesures: longure, largesce et espessur  Quad Herm 173
geog.surface (area)
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim ) Es vus orties aveient tuit empli e espines aveient cuvert la superfice de la tere  Paroles Salomun 4497
anat.surface, outer skin
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Les signes de chalor dissolutive: [...] les veines ruges es euz et corent unes lermes chaudes des euz et mordant le quir et le superfice  A-N Med i 174.28
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) les lermes qui courent sor la face froide et ne mordent pas la superfice de la face  A-N Med i 185.42

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superficie 
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