lampreda

lampreda [LL gl.], ~us , (also forms of ʒrd decl. as if from lampres or sim.), lamprey: a (w. ref. to larger and costlier fish, sea-lamprey; uncertain exx. also quoted here); b (w. ref. to smaller fish, river-lamprey, lampern, perh. also fry of sealamprey); c (equated w. murena). d ? limpet. a 1180 pro crasso pisce et ~is et j careta ad opus regis, viij li. Pipe 150; si fuerit presens majestas numinis hujus [sc. Bacchi], / lampredas nulli posse nocere reor Neckam Poems 120 l. 108; 1205 comes Cestr’ debet j bonum palefridum pro j lamprida quam rex ei dedit Pipe 33; ? 1219 in allece xvj d., in luceo ij s., in lampereda xiij d., in ostreis xij d. (Chanc. Misc.) Househ. Ac. 123; 1233 probi homines de Glouc’ reddiderunt regi ‥ xij ~as Cl 209; 1237 Cl 420, Liberate 11 (v. galatia 1); 1242 in quater xx et viij lampadis et lvj alosis ‥ xij li. vij s. et iij d. ‥; et in xv salmonibus ‥ Pipe 252; 1258 (v. alausa); 1258 pro tribus solidis et una ~a ‥ abbati ‥ annuatim solvendis Cart. Osney IV 199; 1274 (v. lampredula); c1283 emant mangones ‥ ~am unam de Nauntes in primo Adventu ‥ pro xvj d. ‥; item friscam ~am de Sabrina et Thamisia ‥ pro iiij s. MGL II 120; 1290 lxix pisces duras, lix morutos, xxv lamprades (AcWardr) Doc. Scot. 96 p. 143; 1290 pretium lampridi ij s. vij d. ob. Doc. Scot. 117 p. 188; 1290 (v. lamprunculus); 1338 (v. lamprenus); 1345 in xij anguillis xlviij s; item in xij laumpredis c s. viij d; item in xij salmonibus xliiij s. v d. Rec. Leic. II 67; 13‥ (v. lampredula); 1356 (v. gurges 4); vipera ‥ volens copulari cum ~a G. Roman. 333; c1396 ingenia per que frye et brode de salmonibus lampredibus seu de aliqua alia pisse possent esse destructa (AncIndict 174 m. 10) Pub. Works II 10; lampridus Amund. II app. 317 (v. lampro); 1453 Nicholao P. pro sturgeonibus ‥ et uno lampredo cxviij s. ix d. Ac. H. Buckingham 50; hec lampada, A. lampray hec ~a, a lampray; hec murenula, a lamprum WW.  b 1107 millenarium de lampridis (v. farra); ? c1283 emant mangones ‥ centum meliores ~as ‥ pro viij d. ‥ et centum minores pro vj d. MGL II 119.  c ? 10‥ murena vel murina vel ~a, merenaeddra WW (cf. PP 257: lawmpry, murena ‥, ~a).  d 10‥ lemprida, lempedu WW.