1femaleconcubine, woman who cohabits with a man outside of marriage:
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
par quei ley ne tient les autres femmes for qe essomauntes
(l. essoinaunte) (var.
(I: s.xiv?) assoignauntes;
(A: s.xiv) assoinances (l. assoinantes)
) et concubines
ii 241 (var.)
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[assoignante] (s.xiv)