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daliaunce (1280-1307)

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daliaunce (1280-1307)

 
  FEW:  laxare 5,225b Gdf:  delaiance 2,472b GdfC: TL: delaiance 2,1324 DEAF:  laschier (delaiance)  DMF:  delayance  TLF: OED:  delayance n.  MED:  delaiance n.  DMLBS:

s.

idle delay, time-wasting
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Si homme countredie a nul de l’aliaunce [...] saunz altre daliaunce Batuz serroyt been  LANGTOFT thiol2 418.2326
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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