graspeis (c.1136-37)

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graspeis (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  piscis 8,583b Gdf:  craspois 2,357c GdfC: TL: craspois 2,1015 /graspois 4,567 DEAF:  peis 1 (craspois)  DMF:  craspois  TLF: OED:  grapeys n.  MED:  graspeis n.  DMLBS:  craspesius 511c / craspiscus 511c / crassus (crassus piscis) 512a
craspois;  grapays,  grapeis;  graspais,  graspois;   

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1ich.mammalszool.'fat fish', (meat of) various cetacea (including whale and grampus) or seal
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Graspeis, porpeis e makerels  444
( 1221 )  habere faciatis ad opus nostrum [...] .lx. kernellos de graspeis  sub carnellus 2 (284c)
( MS: s.xiii )  foca: graspeis  i 53
( MS: c.1250 )  hic phocas, craspois  i 415
( 1347 )  In grapays emp., 10 d.  42
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