avilance (1155)

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avilance (1155)

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[ FEW: 14,448a vilis; Gdf: 1,527b avilance; GdfC: ; TL: 1,734 avilance; DEAF:  vil 1 (avilance); DMF:  avilance; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
avillance  

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1shameful, viles word or action
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  il pria nostre Seignur Que de cele grant desenur E de cele orrible avilance Ait en els signe e remembrance  13729
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  'Guillaume,' dit Boton, 'tu diz grant avillance, encor n'i as feru d'espee ne de lance'  i 63.1428
aviler 
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