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beneiçun (s.xii1/3)
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beneiçun (s.xii1/3)

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beneiceon,  beneiceun,  beneicion,  beneiciun,  beneiçon,  beneyson,  beneisoun,  beneisson,  beneisun,  beneizoun,  beneizun;  benaiçun,  beneceon,  beneciun,  beneçoun,  beneçun,  beneson,  benesun;  benecson;  beniceoun,  beniçoun,  beniçun,  beniçzoun,  benison,  benisone,  benisoun,  benisson;  benoiceun,  benoiçon,  benoiçun,  benoisoun,  benoisun;  benosoun ;  benediccioun,  benediceun  
  FEW:  benedictio 1,324a Gdf:  beneiçon 1,619c GdfC:  benedicion 8,314c TL: benëiçon 1,918 DEAF:  benëiçon  DMF:  bénédiction  / bénéisson  TLF:  bénédiction  OED:  benediction n.  / benison n.  MED:  benediccioun n.  / benisoun n.   DMLBS:  benedictio 191c

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1theol.blessing, benediction: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Melas pere est de grant vertu, Issi cum il est coneu. Od beneiçun mult valdrat  Lapid 250.1435
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sa seinte beniçun li duna  S Thom beneit1 1273
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  tuz si compaingun Li unt doné lur beneiçun  Purg S Pat first anon 452
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  aprés la beneiceon e la maleiceon  Mir Just 110
( MS: s.xiv )  Ki bien tient ceste lesson Il avera de Dieu benysson  Folies (A) 64
2theol.beatitude, special blessedness: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  ‘Benurez sunt les povres [...]’. C’est la beneysun (var. benisoun) as povres  Mirour Egl 44.62-63
beneiçun del manger
liturgicaleccl.benediction, grace: 
( c.1241; MS: s.xiii2 )  devaunt la beniçun del manger  HENLEY2 402
sur ma (etc.) beneiçun
if you wish my (etc.) blessing: 
( c.1365; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  La quelle (=study at Oxford) vous comanc sur ma benisone que vous contenuz [sic] (=continue) en avant  SAMPS1 371
( 1401; MS: s.xv1 )  en lui priant par icelles et chargeant sur nostre benisoun de mettre sa diligence [...] de conforter et defendre [...] noz subgiez  Lett & Pet 294.21
jurs des Beneiçuns
timeliturgicalagriculturaleccl.Rogation days (the three days before Ascension Thursday), associated with the blessing of fields at the time of planting (?): 
( c.1375?; MS: s.xiv2 )  Les hautes festes l'an [...] seint Philipp et Jakes lez jours des Benisons l'ascencion nostre seignour [...]  Liber Donati 29 (var. E)
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