trunc (1163-70)

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trunc (1163-70)

trunk,  trunke;  tronke,  tronc,  trounc,  trun,  truin  

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1treesbot.tree-trunk
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  un arbre sereit trenchié E de sun trunc si esluigné Que...  4830
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  fu ardant [...] de branches funt la gent, [...] ausi cler ardera Cum le groz trunk fra  9392
block of wood
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mon verey Dieu renier Pur un trunc ou un per  87.62
2anat.trunk
( 1291-92 )  il [...] me fit sere (l. serrer) par le trunc e me dona un leyke de pain  6
3bot.stump (of cabbage)
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  Pernez le ruge cholet e quisez en ewe od tut les truns  120
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xiv1 )  lé truns de ruge cholet  7
4shaft, stem (of candlestick)
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  del tronk del chandelabre  63ra
5clog, hobble (for animal)
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Sicom l'em lie un tronc a une vache [...] ke trop est sauvage  230.15
6merch.box in which bread was exposed for sale
( MS: 1419 )  qe nul des pestors ne dussent vendre payn [...] fors qe [...] a les trunks  iii 415
7stock, race
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  Icel esteit de truin Del bon veil Malathlin  32
8rubbish, excrement
( MS: 1419 )  Qe touz qi ount fimes, trunkes (=estruncs?) ou autre ordure devaunt lour huys, les remevent  585
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