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vermeil (s.xii3/4)
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vermeil (s.xii3/4)

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vermeile,  vermeille;  vermail,  vermaile,  vermaille,  vermal,  vermel,  vermoil;  wermeille  

a.

1colourvermilion, bright red: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les oilz vermals cum sanc  Rom Chev ANTS 6029
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  jonchié a flur Jaunes, indes, vermeilles  Horn 2711
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  (at chess) red: Le vermeil rei primes trarra  Eschez ANTS 16.270
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 ) Wermeille o un fer de molyn De ermine i envoia se ensegne  Eight Rolls 113.534
( 1414 )  un paire de vestimentz de drap dore (l. d'ore or doré?), bloy et vermaille  Reg Chich ii 8
2red-faced, blushing: 
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  La reine est vermaille Pur cele grant mervaille Dount ele parler n'ose  Cor Lai 473
( 1353 )  (of wine) red: vins vermeilles et blauncs  Stats I 331 viii
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  deux tonayles de vine vermayle  Anon Chr1 94.22

s.

1colourred colour: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  par le vermeil est entendu hontage  Ancren2 121.16
2blood: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E gisent par le champ naffrez e plaiez! Corent li grant ruissel du vermeil assenez (= ensaignié, i.e. 'bloody')  Rom Chev ANTS 898
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