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coveitie (c.1136-65)
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coveitie (c.1136-65)

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covaitie,  coveitet;  cuvaitie,  cuveitie  
  FEW:  cupiditas *2/ii,1552a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  covoit (covoitie)  DMF:  convoitie  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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emotioncovetousness, cupidity: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  envire e coveitet  Salemon 642
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Li ostes qui l'out herbergé De l’aveir out grant coveité  S Nichol wace 1102
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Cuvaitie touz mals atise  Corset ANTS 2048
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  il duble le son pecché Quant par bosoign ne mesprent mie Mais pur emplir sa covaitie  Chev Dé 58
♦emotionkeen desire: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  ki de amer ad cuvaitie, Dame u pucele eschevie, La (=in heaven) est la bele cumpainie  Pet Phil 2676
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  pur lur seinte cuveitie Od li (=J.C.) sunt en durable vie  Mirur1 145ra12
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