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afaiteement (c.1165)
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afaiteement (c.1165)

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afeiteiement,  afetément;  afeitieement  (afaitement)  
  FEW:  *affactare 24,244b Gdf:  afaitiement 1,127a GdfC: ∅ TL: afaitier (afaitieement) 1,173 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  affaitiement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

courteously, decorously: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Entur la dame bonement Serveit mut afeitieement  marie Lais 56.380
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  del respundre n’est lent, Einz li ad respundu mut afaiteement  Horn 2252
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  s’aprochat pur A. baiser, E son cosin afaitement (l. afaitément) acoler  Anc Test (B) 11340
♦demurely: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Les eus tynt clos afetément  S Fran ANTS 4516
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