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deis1 (1155)
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The form dais is a cross reference to the following entry:

deis1 (1155)

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dais;  deas,  dees,  deiz,  des,  desse;  dois  (dheys PONTISSARA ii 685)  
  FEW:  discus 3,93a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  deis 9,293b TL: dois 2,1989 DEAF:  dois  DMF:  dais  TLF:  dais  OED:  dais n.  MED:  deis n.  DMLBS:  discus 4 684b / digitus 2 662a

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dais, high seat: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  dindima: deis  TLL i 230
( MS: s.xiiiex )  discum: (A) deis (var. (E: s.xiii) dais)  TLL i 238
♦high table, (raised) table of honour: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Al mangier est assis li reis Al chief de la sale, a un deis  Brut WACE 8568
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ele ad trové Herlaund devant le deis le rei  Horn 508
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Il volst traïr ja son seignor, E so[i] poser al des halzor  Adam2 290
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 ) suggestum est locus eminens ubi ad tabulam commeditur et dicitur recte ‘deis’  Gloss Sidon 140
halt deis
high table, (raised) table of honour: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  L’emperere [...] s’est assis al halt deis  Gui War 9865
( 1341 )  En la sale deuz tables pur la haute deis  Harefield Invent 4
( MS: 1396 )  pour la haute deas un grand docer avec [...] quarreaux  Anleitungsschriften 2
mestre deis
high table, (raised) table of honour: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  al meistre deis Se sunt assis il e li reis  S Gile1 2861
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  li rais la u il sist al mestre dais  Fol Trist ANTS 262
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