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charnage (c.1170)
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charnage (c.1170)

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  FEW:  caro 2/i,385b Gdf:  charnage 2,75a GdfC: ∅ TL: charnage 2,271 DEAF:  char  DMF:  charnage  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1flesh: 
( 1181-85; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  […] linage Qui nasqui puis de sun charnage  Hosp Rule 432
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  il (=J.C.) nus est frere par charnage  Mirur1 127va10
2theol.(sins of the) flesh: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Treblement pecchum par curage E treblementes par charnage  Mirur1 169va12
prendre charnage
theol.to become flesh: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  icel rei hauçor ki pur nus prist charnage En la virge  Horn 317
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