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briconie (c.1230)
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briconie (c.1230)

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bricunie;  brikunnie  
  FEW:  *bricco 1,522a Gdf:  bricoigne 1,731b / briconie 1,732a GdfC: ∅ TL: bricoigne 1,1142 / briconie 1,1143 DEAF:  bricon (briconie)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1folly: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Semblereit ore grant briconie Ke fuse ore remis a letre (=a deaf and blind person)  Mir N-D 104.56
( MS: s.xiiim )  le plus del pople meyne fole vie [...] E ke il en autres jugent a brikunnye Ço funt il en alme par grant deverie  Eschez Allegorical 4
♦nonsense: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  ne savum fors bricunie  Mirur1 150ra32
2wickedness: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Il (=thieves) unt fait grant briconie  S Modw 1704
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Trop est certes bricunie Acun home tolir la vie  Man pechez 5185
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  E Waleis les gaite a trop grant felonie [...]. E nos Engleis ne poent suffrir sa briconie  LANGTOFT thiol2 335.1200
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