compunction (s.xii1)
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compunction (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,992a compunctio; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,141b componcion; TL: 2,633 componcïon; DEAF:  componcïon; DMF:  componction; TLF:  componction; OED:  compunction n.; MED:  compunccioun n.; DMLBS: 413c compunctio ]
componction,  compunccioun,  compunciun,  compunctiun;  conpunctiun;  cumpunctiun,  cunpunciun,  cunpunctiun;  compuntiun (l. compunciun?),  compugciun  ii 27  

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1pricking, breaking open: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  il fu virge e nez senz carnel compunction (var. (H: c.1335) corrupciun charnel)  52.54-5
2emotiontheol.compunction, contrition, remorse: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Tu demustras al tuen pople dures choses; abevras nus del vin de compunctiun  76.59.3
( MS: s.xiiex ) nus [...] dunum entente od plurs a ureisun, a lesçun, a cumpunctiun de queor e a abstinence  i 28
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiin )  [...] Ceo est compuntiun (l. compunciun?) doner, Ki les lermes facet venir A demustrer veir repentir  157
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  od lermes, od grant compunction Li fist tute sa confessiun  202.29
( MS: s.xiiim )  Mes trestuz (=sins) laissat e guerpist erraument, E out chaut pas cunpunctiun e repentance  6917
3emotionsadness: 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  (the body of the drowned girl) fuit porté od graunde devocione et compunccioun de coer en la chapelle  107.4-5
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