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coveitise (s.xii1)
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The form covetise is a cross reference to the following entry:

coveitise (s.xii1)

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chuveitise;  covaitise,  coveiteise,  covatise,  covetise,  covettise,  covitise;  cuvaitise,  cuveitise,  cuvetise  
  FEW:  cupiditas 2/ii,1551b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  covoitise 9,237b TL: covoitise 2,1002 DEAF:  covoit (covoitise)  DMF:  convoitise  TLF:  convoitise  OED:  coveitise n.  MED:  coveitise n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

1emotioncovetousness, cupidity, greed: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) oblierent les ovres de lui, ne sustindrent le conseil de lui, e coveiterent cuveitise el desert (Latin: concupierunt concupiscentiam in deserto)  Oxf Ps ANTS 107.105.14
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Coveitise d'aveir Les f[e]ra naier voir  Sibile 695
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Avarice, ceo est cuveitise  S Clem ANTS 13795
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cupido: covetyse  TLL ii 4
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  les medicines encountre coveitise e avarice  Ancren2 10.18
♦emotionkeen desire: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: c.1255 )  sin ai jo coveitise De lui faire grant servise  Resur (P) 205
( MS: s.xiii2 )  ambitus: coveytise  TLL ii 23
( 1354 )  fount les prisonz devenir provors appeler leux (=loyal) gentz pur coveitise de gayner  ROUGH 291
2base action, deed: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  blameront molt l’Emperour pur la coveitise q’il pensa faire  Rich I 43.22
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