nerçun (1121-25)
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nerçun (1121-25)

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  FEW:  niger 7,134a Gdf:  noirçon 5,515b GdfC: ∅ TL: nerçon 6,601 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
nertume (l. nerçume?)  

s.

1colourblackness, darkness: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  (in Hell:) Apparut lur terre truble [...] De grant nerçun (var. (B: s.xii4/4) turtume;  (D: s.xiii1) nertume (l. nerçume? )) ert enclose  1107
neir  neiresce  neirté  neiret  neirir  neirun  nercir 
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