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deuesse (c.1150)

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deuesse (c.1150)

dewesce,  dewesse;  diwesce  (deuuesse (l. dewesse) Brut WACE 6787 devesce (l. deusce) diesce  S Nichol wace 349)  
  FEW:  deus 3,57b Gdf: GdfC:  dieuesse 9,379c TL: dieuesse 2,1920 DEAF:  dieu (dieuesse)  DMF:  dieuesse  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.f.

paganmythologicalfemalegoddess, female divinity
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Al tens as paens que ja fu Urent diable grant vertu, Qui se feseient aurer Et deus et devesces (l. deuesces) nomer  S Nichol wace 340
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  A Astarten, deuesse de Sydon, Il fist un temple  Anc Test (B) 13273
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  A la deuesse fait sacrefise  Brut Royal 600
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  ne mye sacrileges ne blastengeauntz nostre dewesce (var. diwesce) (Latin: neque blasphemantes deam vestram)  Actes (A) 371b
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