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

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avultere,  avulterie,  avulteire,  avultire,  avultir;  avolterie,  avoltire,  advoltire;  avouteire,  avoutire,  avouterie,  avoutrie,  avoutry;  avotiere,  avoterie;  avoilterie,  avoiltre;  avuilteire,  avuilterie;  avutire;  advoutrie  (avoutree,  avoitre  Dial Greg 92rb,  avoutre  Readings App. VIII 96,  avostrie  GAIMAR1 (L) 3949,  awlterie (l. avulterie?)  GAIMAR1 (R) 3949,  avowetrie  YBB 14-15 Ed III 267,  avutrire  Lum Lais ANTS 7804,  avvoltierge  Secr WATERFORD1 96.868,  evutire  S Edw paris ANTS 514,  evoutire  Mir Just 195)  
  FEW:  adulterium 24,186b Gdf:  avoutire 1,540c / avouterie 1,540b GdfC: ∅ TL: avoutire 1 1,780 / avouterie 1,780 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  avoutire  / avoutrie  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  avoutri(e n.  DMLBS:  adultery n. 2845

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adultery: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Humme eremt robeur, Coveitus, traitur [...] plein de felonie, Amans [a]vouterie  Sibile 794
( MS: s.xiii1 )  S’ele (=a wife under suspicion) a entechement de mal E d’avoltire criminal […]  Lapid 173.510
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Davi fist Urie occire E tint sa femme en avultire  S Modw 5336
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  jeo sui […] une puante cheitifve par lecherie ou par avotiere (var. (BN: s.xivin) avoterie)  Ancren2 72.2
( 1433 )  pur eschuer murdres, robb[er]ies et avoutrees que p[ur]rount v[ra]isembablement aveign[er]  Stats ii 279
♦lawadultery (technically, fornicatio complex): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Avouterie est a porgiser autri espouse  Mir Just 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  GAIMAR1 1112

See also:

adulterie  adulterium 
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