genest (s.xii2)
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genest (s.xii2)

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[ FEW: 4,100b genista; Gdf: 4,257b geneste 1; GdfC: 9,693a genest; TL: 4,246 genest /4,247 geneste; DEAF: G482 geneste /G483 geneste (genest); DMF:  genêt / geneste 1; TLF:  genêt; OED:  genista n.; MED:  geneste n.; DMLBS: 1064a genesta ]
genet,  geneth;  janest,  janet;  jenest,  jenet;  geneste,  geneite,  genethe,  genette;  jeneste; 
pl. jenettes,  jenettz,  gei,  genece,  genestis  i 228, 
pl. genestre  i 66, 
pl. gneste  i 245, 
pl. jonet  52.5  

s.

1bot.broom: 
( MS: s.xii2 )  Pur icel mal pernét turmentine e genest e de la tansesie salvage  64
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  Plançun de jenest a escoveillon revert  10.222
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Freine, genest (M.E. brom) e pruner  678
( MS: s.xiii2 )  mirtus: gallice genet  ii 172
( MS: s.xiii2 ) Hec mirica, -ce: geneste  171.26
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Ardene, genette (M.E. brome) et coyner  670
( MS: s.xv )  Pernez bure de may e lez floures de genethe, e triblez bien ensemble  125.E98
♦decor.depiction of a broom (?): 
( 1423 )  Item, .v. tapitz de tapicerie des jenettz, chescun contenant .viij. verges en longure et .iiij. verges de large, en tout .xxxiij. verges quarrez  iv 233.776
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