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defension1 (s.xii1)
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defension1 (s.xii1)

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defencion,  defensioun,  defensiun;  difencion  
  FEW:  defensio 3,29a Gdf:  defension 2,458c GdfC: ∅ TL: defensïon 2,1284 DEAF:  defension  DMF:  défension  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  defensioun n.  DMLBS:  defensio 289a

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defence, protection: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Tu ies la meie defensiuns (Latin: protectio)  Camb Ps 50.XXXI.8
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il ne put [...] encontre la chalur defension trover  Rom Chev ANTS 368
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Deu de la mort toi seit garant E conseil e defension  Dial Greg SATF 13709
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  (Diamond) est a home defensiun cuntre ses enemis  Lapid 119
♦archit.weapons(instrument of) defence: 
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Des armes u creit defensiun, Amit, aube, stole e fanun Se fist armer  S Thom beneit1 529
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il alargit sa cité environ De roistes murs e de defension (var. (E: s.xiiim) defensiun)  Anc Test (B) 13180
♦chessdefence: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Le neyr rey, si il ne ust pensé de bon defensioun, Unkes ne ust eschapé de mat la confusioun  Eschez ANTS 39.681
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