tistresse (s.xiii1)
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tistresse (s.xiii1)

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[FEW: 13/i,292b texere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,772a tisseur (tisseresse); TL: 10,334 tisteresce; DEAF:  tistre (tisseresse); DMF:  tisseresse; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 3427c textrix]
tisseresse;  tisteresse,  tisteresce,  tistresce;  tytresse; 
pl. teytreis  ii 139.66  

s.f.

1femaleoccupationtextilefemale weaver, woman who makes woven fabric on a loom: 
( MS: s.xiii1 ) textrices: tisseresses  19.66
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) Les tremes (M.E. þe spoles) fray appariller A la tistresse pur tistrer (M.E. to weve)  354
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) textrices: (D) tytresses  ii 139.67
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm ) Anna [...] s’en vait chescun jour a l’oevereigne de tisteresce, et aporta le vivre qe ele poeit gaigner del travaile de ses mains  77-78
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Et la tisteresse quant parubblé ad Tantost lez tromez ele vaudrat  36.13
texteresse  textour  textre  texture  tisserant  tissue#1  tissuere  tissure  tissuré  tistre#1  tistur 
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