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vergundus (s.xiiex)
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vergundus (s.xiiex)

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vergundous,  vergondous,  vergoundous  (vercundeus)  

a.

1modest: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sardoines [...] rent home simple et chaste et vercundeus  124
2bashful, shy: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Jeo sui dauneour vergondous  195.28
3put to shame, shamed: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  Cil ki dedenz (= in Hell) charra asez ert vergundus  222a

See also:

vergoigneus 
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