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bissa

bissa, ~ia [OF bisse] , hind, female red deer (cf. 1 bissus). 1130 reddit compotum de c m. argenti pro placito ~e Pipe 14; 1147 decimas de ‥ cervis, ~is et porcis MonA VI 867; 1170 inquiratur ‥ de his qui in forestis suis forisfecerunt de cervis et ~is et aliis bestiis salvagiis (Artic. Inq.) Gerv. Cant. I 218; 1209 captus fuit sequendo cum canibus quatuor ~as SelPlForest 2; 1221 inventus fuit seisitus de una ~ia integra SelPlCrown 85; 1241 admittat venatores regis ad capiend’ xv byssas Cl 382; 1387 capiatis ‥ de qualibet centena pellium ‥ cervorum, ~arum, damorum et damarum j ob. RScot 87b.

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