avulteire (c.1136-37)
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avulteire (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 24,186b adulterium; Gdf: 1,540c avoutire /1,540b avouterie; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,780 avoutire 1 /1,780 avouterie; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  avoutire / avoutrie; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED:  avoutri(e n.; DMLBS: 2845 adultery n. ]
avultere,  avulterie,  avulteire,  avultire,  avultir;  avolterie,  avoltire,  advoltire;  avouteire,  avoutire,  avouterie,  avoutrie,  avoutry;  avotiere,  avoterie;  avoilterie,  avoiltre;  avuilteire,  avuilterie;  avutire;  advoutrie,  avoutree,  avoitre  92rb,  avoutre  App. VIII 96,  avostrie  (L) 3949,  awlterie (l. avulterie?)  (R) 3949,  avowetrie  14-15 Ed III 267,  avutrire  7804,  avvoltierge  96.868,  evutire  514,  evoutire  195  

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1adultery: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Humme eremt robeur, Coveitus, traitur [...] plein de felonie, Amans [a]vouterie  794
( MS: s.xiii1 )  S’ele (=a wife under suspicion) a entechement de mal E d’avoltire criminal […]  173.510
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Davi fist Urie occire E tint sa femme en avultire  5336
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  jeo sui […] une puante cheitifve par lecherie ou par avotiere (var. (BN: s.xivin) avoterie)  72.2
( 1433 )  pur eschuer murdres, robb[er]ies et avoutrees que p[ur]rount v[ra]isembablement aveign[er]  ii 279
♦lawadultery (technically, fornicatio complex): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Avouterie est a porgiser autri espouse  29
♦incestuous marriage: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  [Cinquante] treis anz ot regned Cil Edelbrit […] Une feme [ot], sun fiz [la] prist […] L’arcevesque cure n’aveit De cunsentir si a errer, Tel advoltire a demener  1112
adulterie  adulterium 
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