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briconie (c.1230)

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briconie (c.1230)

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[ FEW: 1,522a *bricco; Gdf: 1,731b bricoigne /1,732a briconie; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,1142 bricoigne /1,1143 briconie; DEAF: bricon (briconie); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

bricunie; brikunnie

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1folly:

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) Semblereit ore grant briconie Ke fuse ore remis a letre (=a deaf and blind person) 104.56

( MS: s.xiii^m ) le plus del pople meyne fole vie [...] E ke il en autres jugent a brikunnye Ço funt il en alme par grant deverie 4

♦nonsense:

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii² ) ne savum fors bricunie 150ra32

2wickedness:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Il (=thieves) unt fait grant briconie 1704

( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Trop est certes bricunie Acun home tolir la vie 5185

( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv¹ ) E Waleis les gaite a trop grant felonie [...]. E nos Engleis ne poent suffrir sa briconie 335.1200

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