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espee (1113-19)
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espee (1113-19)

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espé,  espede,  espei,  espeie,  espethe,  espie;  epeie,  eppee  (espeþe i 26,  espyie  11,  aspee,  estpeye  ii 146,  espeyus  80,  espez  192,  espiz  59 var.)  
  FEW:  spatha 12,140a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  espee 9,540a TL: espee 3,1169 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  épée  TLF:  épée  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  espeium 803b / spatha 3144a

s.

weaponsmil.sword: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  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
in 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
to put to the sword: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Car prise est la cité e mis sont a l’espeie Quantqui sont trovez de la cristienie  250.286
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  mettre tot un host a l’espeye  30
passer parmi l’espee
to be put to the sword: 
( 1343-50 )  si S. [...] eust esté trové [...] il eust passé parmy l’espeye  54.26

See also:

espiet  spee 
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