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hussus

hussus [AN houce, hus < Germ.] , holly (Ilex aquifolium). arbores ‥ ibi crescunt buxus ‥ ilex ‥ ulcia [AS: holen] Ælf. Bata 6 p. 89; 1189 Galfridus de H. debet ij s. de misericordia pro ramis de hus’ Pipe 90; 1237 comes de F. tulit ad scaccarium j arcum de hus’ [v. l. hos’] et faretram cum xij sagittis pro terra sua de D. KR Mem 16 m. 3d. (= LTR Mem 12 m. 2d.); 1277 (v. escorchiare); 1287 (v. 1 alneus); 1334 deteriorantur de bosco et braunchiatura et hulso ad dampnum xl d. Pickering II 189; holme, or holy, ulmus, ~us PP; hulvur, tre, ulmus ‥ hulcus Ib.; huscus, A. an holme ‥ usus, a holyntre ‥ hec ussis, A. olyntre WW; a holyn, ~us CathA (v. hussum); 1486 pro prostracione huss’ pro lez watils ac pro le qwhykkyng circa clausuram de B. Ac. Durh. 649.

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