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mæsen

  • adjective
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Grammar
mæsen, [for (?) mæseren]; adj.
Of maple
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  • Vi mæse[r]ne sceala

    vi vessels of maple,

    • Chart. Th. 429, 29.
  • Chron. 641; Erl. 27, 8.]
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. mösur-skál a vessel of maple; 'such bowls are frequently mentioned in inventories of churches; cp. mid. H. G., where maser is even used of a chalice, a maple-wood cup.' Cl. and Vig. Dict. See also Prompt. Parv. masere murrus, p. 328 and note there. The noun perhaps occurs in Maser-feld,
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  • mæsen, adj.