tisun1 (s.xii3/4)

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tisun1 (s.xii3/4)

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[FEW: 13/i,356a titio; Gdf: 7,728c tison; GdfC: 10,771b tison; TL: 10,330 tison; DEAF:  tison; DMF:  tison; TLF:  tison; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
tessun;  tison,  tisoun;  tisum,  tisune,  tizun;  tysoun,  tysun; 
pl. tisonnis  

s.

1firebrand, piece of burning wood
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Estencelent cil feu, flamboient cil tisons  5008
( 1189-95?; MS: 1280? ) Un ardant tisun pris que le feu ne dutai. Ars mun dei un petit [...]  138.28
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) Les hasteles fetes allumer Par un tysoun de fu espris (M.E. a brond brennid) Ke de la quysine serra pris  740
( MS: s.xiiiex ) torres: (C) tysouns (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) tisuns;  (L: s.xiii) tysun )  ii 137.55
( MS: s.xiv ) torris, ticio, gallice: (C) tisun (var. (G: s.xiiiex) tisum;  (K: s.xiii) tysun;  (P: s.xiii) tizun;  (Pa: s.xiii) tessun )  i 243
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) [...] D’enfern, u flambent ly tisoun  16739
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 ) Ousteons nous ces busses et tisonnis, q'il ne purra ja estre aperceu que nous avoions de si grant feu  22.30
(as an object of little value)
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Des toutes partz prent environ [...] Ne laist braiel ne laist chemise, Neis la value d’un tison  7054
arder a flambe e a tisun
flambe
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