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tessun1 (s.xii3/4)
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tessun1 (s.xii3/4)

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taissun,  tayssun;  teison,  teisoun,  teisson,  teissun,  teisun;  teson,  tesoun;  tesschon,  tesschoun,  tesson,  tessoun,  tessum;  tesun;  teysun;  texun;  thesson,  thessun  (teassoun  Five Med MSS 117.E1,  tession  Reg Kellawe iii 44)  
  FEW:  taxo 13/i,145a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  taisson 10,740c TL: taisson 10,57 DEAF:  taisson  DMF:  taisson  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  taxo 3379a / tesso 3420a

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1zool.mammalsbadger: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Ly plusor s'entremetent de venacion: Ne pernent cerf ne bise ne gopil ne tesson, Fors tigre ou olifant, dromedaire ou lion  Rom Chev ANTS 5451
( MS: s.xii2 ) taxo vel melus: broc; teissun  Aelfric Gloss 47.126
( MS: s.xiii ) hic melus, broc, teisun  Vernac Glosses 30
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiii2 ) De chat e teson pernez le oynt  Nov Chir ANTS 1554
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 ) Gopil cleye, thesson (M.E. brocke) traie  BIBB ROTH (G) 259
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm ) Le teisson est un best basse e pulente  BOZ Cont 179
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) Item oinement ad se: grasse char de chat e o[i]nt de teisoun  A-N Med ii 266.135
( MS: s.xv ) Pernez oynt de tessoun e oynt de chat  Five Med MSS 96.S94
♦ used as a surname: 
( 1189 )  Radulfus Taissun  Pipe Roll x 91
2zool.mammals(as an erroneous gloss?) beaver: 
( MS: s.xiii1 ) fibre: teysun  TLL ii 97.63
( MS: s.xiii ) fibrum: hic fiber -bri gallice tesun, broc  Vernac Glosses 25

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taisniere 
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