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deablesse (c.1200)

deablesse (c.1200)

deblesce,  deblesse;  diablesce  
[ FEW: 3,63b diabolus; Gdf: ; GdfC: 9,375c diablesse; TL: 2,1905 dïablesse; DEAF: ; DMF:  diablesse; TLF:  diablesse; OED:  deviless n.; MED: ; DMLBS: ]

s.

she-devil, witch
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Que fait la diablesce plaine de felonie?  Anc Test (B) 14714
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Auxint jadys de un dameseile qe out mys tote sa entente de amer chastee, tant qe vynt une deablesse qe fust lowé par un clerk qe la out long tens daunyé  BOZ Cont 169
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  dame K. de S. une deblesce et enchauntresce  Anon Chr1 153.12
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