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cit (c.1200)

 
  FEW:  civis 2/i,724b Gdf:  cit 2,141a GdfC: TL: cit 2,448 DEAF:  cit  DMF:  cit  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  il n’avrat si la mort non S’il ne lui rend de Jerusalem le cit (:contredit)  Anc Test (B) 17325
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Uns hom, fait Jesus, descendit De Jerusalem la seinte cit (:tendit, chait)  Mirur1 145vb21
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  La Cit d’Enfern [...] U Sacrilege demorra Ové l’angre (=angel) qui se desacra Sique jammais n’ert resacré  GOWER Mirour 7217

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