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

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

s.f.

femaleoccupationtextilefemale weaver, woman who makes woven fabric on a loom: 
( MS: s.xiii1 ) textrices: tisseresses  Vernac Glosses 19.66
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) Les tremes (M.E. þe spoles) fray appariller A la tistresse pur tistrer (M.E. to weve)  BIBB ROTH (T) 354
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) textrices: (D) tytresses  TLL 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  Tobit ANB 77-78
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Et la tisteresse quant parubblé ad Tantost lez tromez ele vaudrat  Fem2 36.13

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See also:

texteresse  textour  textre  texture  tisserant  tissue1  tissuere  tissure  tissuré  tistre1  tistur 
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