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devinaille (s.xii1/3)
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devinaille (s.xii1/3)

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devinailhe,  devinail,  devinal,  devinale;  devignaille;  divinail,  divinaile,  divinaille  
  FEW:  divinare 3,108a Gdf:  devinaille 2,699c GdfC: ∅ TL: devinaille 2,1869 DEAF:  deviner (devinaille)  DMF:  devinaille  TLF: ∅ OED:  dinvinail n.  MED:  divinaille n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1riddle, dark, obscure saying: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  je aoverrai en harpe ma devinaille (Latin: aenigma)  Camb Ps 84.XLIV.4
( c.1290; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Un devinal (M.E. A rydels) vus est moustree  bibb MS (A) 302va
2prophecy: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Samson li forz recunust a s’amie La devinaille e qu’ele signifie  Anc Test (B) 4799
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  il crut en songes et en devinailhes  Waterford busby 236.S32.63
♦divin.divination: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Nule pere n’est tant vaillante [...] Pur devinales deviner Ne pur fantosmes demustrer  Lapid 226.685
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Sorcerie est un art a deviner. Devinail proprement soune en mal (=is a pejorative term)  Mir Just 15
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  devinacio: devinal  TLL i 140
3sorcery: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Reherça cum sa mere par un[e] devinaille Envers l’enchantement viola sa esposaille  Rom Chev ANTS 1869
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Eliotropie [...] En devinaile vaut e sanc estanche  Lapid 93.687
4conjecture, guess: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Mult plusurs humes l’esgarderent (=the comet) , [...] Chascun diseit sa devinaille  GAIMAR1 5149
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  E ben le say sanz divinayle Ke [...]  Mir N-D 228.69
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