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proverbe (s.xii1)
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proverbe (s.xii1)

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proverb,  pruverbe  
  FEW:  proverbium 9,482b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  proverbe 10,439b TL: proverbe 7,2017 DEAF:  proverbe  DMF:  proverbe  TLF:  proverbe  OED:  proverb n.  MED:  proverb(e n.  DMLBS:  proverbium 2547a

s.

1proverb, adage, pithy saying: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Proverbe dist que trop est tart La main retraire quant ele art  Pet Phil 2109
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Issint dit l’em en proverbe: Du molin e du marché [...] aporte l’em [...] noveles  Ancren2 194.11
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  C’est un proverbe de la gent  GOWER Mirour 13489
( 1369; MS: s.xv1 )  il y a un veil proverb que dit, cuius caput infirmum cetera membra dolent  Lett & Pet 200.138.93
2parable, allegorical story: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Je aoverrai en proverbes ma buche, je parlerai anciens devinemenz  Camb Ps 137.LXXVII.2
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Par moralité escriveient les bons pruverbes qu'il oieient que cil amender se peussent  MARIE Fables 46.7
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Un noun l’ay doné proprement Proverbe de bon enseignement  BOZ Prov 1.12

s. pl.

Bibl.Judaismtheol.Book of Proverbs, attributed to Solomon: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Les Proverbes de Salemon Comencet. Kyrie liesun !  Salemon 314
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  en Proverbes est trovee: Ki espeire en Deu serra sauvé  Lum Lais ANTS 5961
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  Il est dit en Proverbes [...]  SAMPS1 390.44

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proverbiour 
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