charpir (s.xii3/4)
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charpir (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  carpere 2/i,401b Gdf:  charpir 2,79a GdfC: ∅ TL: charpir 2,281 DEAF:  charpir  DMF:  charpir  TLF:  charpir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  carpinare 286c
carpir  

v.a.

1to card, shred: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  L’escorse d’un arbre moillent d’une licur, E pus la carpissent com cointe enginneur  C 155
( MS: s.xiii1 )  carpunt: (L) charpicent  19
( MS: s.xiii ) Pextrices sedent iuxta focum [...], dum carpunt gloss: charpis sunt lanam villosam quam pectinibus cum dentibus ferreis depilant  i 201.68 and ii 140.68
carper  carpet  carpin  charpie 
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