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espee (1113-19)

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espee (1113-19)

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[ FEW: 12,140a spatha; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,540a espee; TL: 3,1169 espee; DEAF: ∅; DMF: épée; TLF: épée; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 803b espeium /3144a spatha ]

espé, espede, espei, espeie, espethe, espie; epeie, eppee, espeþe i 26, espyie 11, aspee, estpeye ii 146, espeyus 80, espez 192, espiz 59 var.

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1weapons mil.sword:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) od sei ad portet Dous espees trençantes 669

( MS: 1120-40 ) Tei cuvenist helme e brunie a porter, Espede ceindrea cume tui altre per 412

( MS: c.1250 ) Hic gladius vel ensis: espee i 413

( 1300 ) de une eppee de Colonye trete [...] le dona une playe en la teste iii 102

par coup d’espee

1in battle, as a result of war:

( 1309; MS: s.xvi² ) En son (=King John’s) temps auxi feu Normandy perdu par coup d’espee 20.26

mettre a l’espee

1to put to the sword:

( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Car prise est la cité e mis sont a l’espeie Quantqui sont trovez de la cristienie 250.286

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) mettre tot un host a l’espeye 30

passer parmi l’espee

1to be put to the sword:

( 1343-50 ) si S. [...] eust esté trové [...] il eust passé parmy l’espeye 54.26

espiet spee

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