dea (s.xiii1)
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dea (s.xiii1)

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  FEW:  dia 3,63a Gdf:  dea 2,431a GdfC:  dia 9,375a TL: dea 2,1229 DEAF:  dea  DMF:  dia  TLF:  dia  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
da  

adv.

1 exclam. (as a curse) Devil!: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Da! Zarazins s'en issent tut abandoné, Cels de la tur les veient, si sunt effreé  3058
2exclam.(enforcing a statement) indeed, for sure!: 
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  Vuillez vous riens que je puis faire? - Oil dea  47
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Nonil da, mon amy  11.33
que dea
1exclam.what the Devil?!: 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Que da, est ce voire que tu dis?  15.1-2
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