bastardie (1160-74)
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bastardie (1160-74)

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[ FEW: 15/i,72a bastardus; Gdf: 1,593c bastardie; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,863 bastardie; DEAF:  bastart (bastardie); DMF:  bâtardie; TLF: ∅; OED:  bastardy n.; MED:  bastardie n.; DMLBS: 186a bastardia ]
bastardi,  bastardrie;  basterdi,  basterdrie  

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1lawbastardy, state of having been born out of wedlock: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  reprovout li sa bastardie  ii 20.3615
( 1339 )  bref fut maundé a l’evesqe de N. de certifier la court de bastardie; et [...] soun viker general certifia la court de la legitimacion  12-13 Ed III 203
( 1350-51 )  si allegé soit contre nul [...] q’il est bastard, en cas ou l’evesqe doit avoir conissance de bastardie soit mandé a l’evesqe  ii 231
♦lawaction involving bastardy: 
( 1314 )  Si vous fussez en une bastardie et le bastard fut eynz  Ed II xviii 164
2coll.bastards, illegitimate rulers: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Par tant fu de bastardie La terre tute replenie Ki tut le real lignage Ocist a dul e a utrage  770
♦reign of bastards, illegitimate rule: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  es tens trois rois dura La bastardie  3824
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