wen (s.xiii)

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wen (s.xiii)

[gdw]

  FEW:  wenn 17,560b Gdf: GdfC: TL: wen 11,849 DEAF:  wen  DMF: TLF: OED:  wen n.1  MED:  wen n.  DMLBS:
venne,  wenne  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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1 pathol. wen, morbid lump, sebaceous cyst
( MS: s.xiii )  Contra wen. A oster cel mal ke l'em apele wen: Pernez un anel d'or, si croisez sovent cele boce de cel anel e fetes cerne entur cel mal chescun jur. Si defiera cele boce  68.18
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Celui ki avera wen sur lui si le deit seigner de sun pucer  85.13
2 anat. tendon, muscle at back of the neck
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  E si ad derere le wen (M.E. faxwax) (var. (C: s.xivin) wenne;  (O: s.xv1) venne;  (B: s.xv1) vendon ) au col A chescune sage e au fol  77
vendon 
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