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megresce (s.xiii2)
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megresce (s.xiii2)

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megresse  
  FEW:  macer 6/i,7a Gdf:  maigrece 5,71b GdfC: ∅ TL: maigrece 5,793 DEAF:  maigre (maigrece)  DMF:  maigresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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thinness: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  macies: megresse  TLL ii 172
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  homme de Religion deit estre semblable au cel oiseil pellican en megresce  Ancren2 221.19
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  la petitesce du flux menstruel et de la megresse de la femme  A-N Med ii 168

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See also:

megre  megreté  megrir 
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