jan 1, 1471 - mudfish

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Any fish that would be found in the mud, perhaps a word for certain flat fish. They were being imported from the Low Countries. 1471-2 <i> 14 last’ allecis albi </i> ... <i> 6 C modffysshe </i>, Hull (YRS144/163). It occurs earlier as a by-name: 1409 <i> Et Johanni Mudfysch pro ... tegularum </i>, Beverley (ERAS4/31). The OED notes the word in Essex and Newcastle in the sixteenth century.

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