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tasser (c.1241)
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tasser (c.1241)

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thasser  
  FEW:  *tas 17,318b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  tasser 10,745b TL: tasser 10,134 DEAF:  tas (tasser)  DMF:  tasser  TLF:  tasser  OED:  tasse v.  MED:  tassen v.  DMLBS:  tassare 3375b

v.trans.

to heap, pile up: 
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 ) e comaundez ke vostre esquele seyt issi replenie e tassee  HENLEY2 404
♦agriculturalto stack, stook, make a rick of (harvested crop): 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Dehors la grange vos blez tassez (var. (5: s.xiv1/4) thassez )  BIBB ROTH (G) 351
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Dehors la grange voz blez tassez. Qar un mow est dit en grange Et un tasse dehors la grange  Fem2 30.4

v.intrans.

agriculturalto stack, make a rick (of harvested crop): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) villeins custumez d’arer, aver, charier [...], faucher, sier, tasser, batre [...]  Mir Just 80

[hp+gdw]

See also:

atasser  entasser  tas1 
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