afaiteement (c.1165)

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afaiteement (c.1165)

  FEW:  *affactare 24,244b Gdf:  afaitiement 1,127a GdfC: TL: afaitier (afaitieement) 1,173 DEAF: DMF:  affaitiement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
afeiteiement,  afetément;  afeitieement,  afaitement  

adv.

1courteously, decorously
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Entur la dame bonement Serveit mut afeitieement  56.380
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  del respundre n’est lent, Einz li ad respundu mut afaiteement  2252
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  s’aprochat pur A. baiser, E son cosin afaitement (l. afaitément) acoler  (B) 11340
demurely
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Les eus tynt clos afetément  4516
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