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difficulté (s.xiii2/4)
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difficulté (s.xiii2/4)

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difficultee,  difficultie  
  FEW:  difficultas 3,74a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  difficulté 9,381a TL: dificulté 2,1924 DEAF:  dificulté  DMF:  difficulté  TLF:  difficulté  OED:  difficulty n.  MED:  difficulte n.  DMLBS:  difficultas 658a

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1difficulty, inability: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Tenasmon si est une difficulté d’aler a chambre  A-N Med i 224
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  sanz chescun difficultie de paiement  Mir Just 99
2difficulty, complexity: 
( 1317 )  Le record fut maundé cy en Baunke pur difficulté  YBB Ed II xxii 166
( 1327-77 )  les delays sunt si lungs [...] pur difficulté de plé e pur faus respons  King’s Bench iii.cxxv
3obstruction: 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  vous [...] chargeons que [...] vous facez nostre dit chival estre a nous envoiez sanz delaie ou difficultee  Lett & Pet 318.5
( 1414 )  qe a quelle heure la copie de le libelle est grantable par la ley, q’il soit graunté et liveré a la partie saunz difficulté  Rot Parl1 iv 20
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