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alienance (c.1292)
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alienance (c.1292)

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alienaunce  
  FEW:  alienare 24,316a Gdf:  alienance 1,222b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  alïener (alïenance)  DMF:  aliénance  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1separation, estrangement: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les Romeins se alienerent des emperours de Constantinople […] Et la reson de l’alienance estoit […]  248.8
2lawalienation, transfer of ownership: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Des terres et des tenementz alienez par felouns […] voloms nous qe teles alienaunces (var. (D: c.1300) alienaciouns) soint repellables  i 54
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