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despit2 (s.xii1)

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despit2 (s.xii1)

 
  FEW:  despectus *3,54a Gdf:  despit 2 2,630b GdfC:  despit 2 9,352c TL: DEAF:  despire (despit)  DMF: TLF: OED:  despised adj.  MED: DMLBS:

a.

1shameful
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  N’est pas dreit ke entre gent Profés en moniage parfite Seit cil mis ke en mort despite Mustre sa putte conversiun  195.32
2despised, contemptible
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  en la mesericorde del Halt ne serat despit (Latin: non decipietur)  31.XX.7
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  L’arbre (=Tree of Knowledge) fud despite (l. despité?) e a tuz, fors as dampnez, fud entredite  i 13
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  le [noir drap] signefie qe vous estes [noires] et despites devers le secle dehors  35.21
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