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femalescold, woman who is given to scolding or quarrelling:
(
1382
) si ascun homme ou femme soit atteint pur tensour ou tenseresse, soit amesnez al thewe [...]
Deviance and Power 349
commune tenceresse
femalelawcommon scold, woman who disturbs the peace by scolding or quarrelling:
(
s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3
) femmes qe sunt communs tenceresses entre lour veysins, e qe ne velent lour mavoyses launges chastier
Dom Gip 164
(
MS: 1419
) [...] qe nulle femme de fole vye, baude, putere, ne comune tenseresse, ne soit resident en la garde
Lib Alb 332
a.f.
quarrelsome, contentious, argumentative:
( 1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) De la tenceresse moillier [...]
Salemon 11709
(
c.1180; MS: s.xiii2
) D’un vilein cunte ki aveit Une femme qu’il mut cremeit, Kar ele esteit mut felunesse, De mal part e tenceresse
MARIEFables 344.95.4
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Mais plus encore fait le rage Du male femme tenceresse
GOWERMirour 4122
tenceresse (1136-65)