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sancsue (s.xiii2/4)
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sancsue (s.xiii2/4)

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samsue,  sangsue,  sansue,  sauncsue,  saunsue  (çançue,  samsuci A-N Med ii 169,  sancisue A-N Med ii 246)  
  FEW:  sanguisuga 11,180b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  sansue 10,626c TL: sansüe 9,160 DEAF:  sanc (sancsue)  DMF:  sangsue  TLF:  sangsue  OED:  sanguisuge n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sanguisuga 2930b

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zool.med.leech, blood-sucking worm, sometimes used for bloodletting: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  face l’en seignier de veine enmi le front et li mete l’en les sancsues es narines  A-N Med i 174
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  L'or vermeil e l'argent blanc Cuveite cum sansue saunc  S Edw paris ANTS 180
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Si treit le sang un sangsue  (M.E. waturleche)  Nominale 375
( MS: s.xv )  Pren sansues d’eawe e les quisesz mult bien  Five Med MSS 103.S147

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See also:

sanc  sancrevee  sancfuison  sancterné  sancdragon  sanglant  sanglanter  sanguin  sanguinarie  sanguine  sanguinein  sanguis 
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