Adonai (s.xiii1)
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Adonai (s.xiii1)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  adonay  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  Adonai n.  MED:  Adonai n.  DMLBS:  Adonai 33c
Adonay  
ls(loanword: Latin Hebrew )
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1titletheol.Adonai, Hebrew for 'my lords' and used as a reverent way to refer to God: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  sis conjurerent, ‘Par le Deu Adonay e par le Dé Israel, ki par la lei e par les prophetes parlad a noz perres’  16v
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) En tes meins mun esperit, Pere Adonai, Cumant  250
( MS: s.xv )  Adonay, Sire, Deu graunt e mervellous […]  157.E421
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