1astron.Cancer, the Crab:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Cancer est al chef la sus, Capricornus est jus
399
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2
)
la pere u vus troverez cancre, escorpiun u peysuns
279
2med.pathol.abscess, ulcer, growth:
(
s.xiim;
MS: s.xiim
) Al cancre: Pernez le talpe tut vif e metez en un pot nuvel [...]. En tele manere metez od un pene sur la plaie, sil lasseiz jesir une nuut e, Deu aidant, warrat
207
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Chancre l’ad en la buche feru
245.24
(
s.xiii2;
MS: s.xivin
)
Cil clerk [...] Fierement enmaladi Car une cancre lui feri. Enz al levres la se asit Et tote la face lui purprist
38.36
(
MS: c.1300
)
festre, verme et cankre et toute manere de plaey overte
227.16
(
s.xiv2;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Ad cancer del membre: pernez […]
ii 239
3zool.insectscanker-worm, vermin or pest seen as the cause of tumors, ulcer, etc.:
(
MS: s.xiii3/4
) Le cancre manjue le quir, Si fait la plaie aneircir
186.1183
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
le diable [...] q'est en mes plaies come un malveis verm qe homme appelle cancre
171.25
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