cresp (s.xii3/4)

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cresp (s.xii3/4)

[ FEW: 2/ii,1346b crispus; Gdf: 2,367a crespe; GdfC: ; TL: 2,1032 cresp; DEAF:  cresp; DMF:  crespe; TLF:  crespe 1 / crespe 2; OED:  crisp adj.; MED:  crisp adj.; DMLBS: 518c crispus ]
crespe,  crep,  creppe  

a.

1curly
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Bloy peil ot e crespe (var. (P: c.1310) crep), gros oilz, […]  449
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Le chef ad cresp  7704
2oenol.(of wine) smooth, shining, clear (?)
( s.xivm; MS: s.xivm )  (how to praise a good wine:) Les .iij. C dient q’il est court, clers et crespe  574 (A)
crespe malve
1bot.curled mallow, musk mallow
( MS: s.xii2 )  quinquefoille, crespe mave, cerfoil, […]  65.8
( MS: s.xiiiex )  la flur de gwymalve e de crespe malve  271.20
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