pelisson
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Searchable Lemmata: peleiçun (AF), pelisson (MdE).
Alternate Forms: peleçon, pelesun, pelichun, peliçon, pelison, pelisoun, pelizon, pellisun, pelsun, piliçun.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Raw Material;
fur or hide; furred robe or similar garment; cf. pelisse.(circa 1200)
1. (160) ... hoc toreuma, lit urné ... (161) ... hec capa pl[u]vialis: chape a pluie ... hoc pellicium: peliçun ... hec penula: pene et aliquando est tunica ... hoc sumentum, hoc petaceum: tacun
Gloss.
[AND Gloss Glas ((3) 160-161)]
Sex: Male, Female Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Anglo-French (with Old French [peliçun, c1140] and Middle French cognates); ultimately from L pellicius (made of fur). The form does not seem to be attested in English until Caxton's Vitae Patrum (a1500), but cf. pelisse.
WF:
Etym Cog: pelisse, pellicio (L), pelliceus (L).
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