tresneir (c.1230)
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tresneir (c.1230)

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[gdw]

[FEW: *7,129b niger; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  noir (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
tresnayr,  tresnoir  

a.

1colourvery black, completely dark: 
( s.xiii; MS: c.1300 )  Cil ert granz d’estature et ot tresnoire cheveleure auques hericiee  2611
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Un corf tres neir  8486 (var. W)
♦fig.blackest, darkest, most evil: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  E dunkes verrum pur verité Ce ke quidames estre grant bien, E ke mal ne seit nule rien, Dunk le verrum tres nayr peché  7925
neir  tres#1 
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