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dedenzein (s.xii1)
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dedenzein (s.xii1)

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dedenzain  
  FEW:  deintus *3,31b Gdf:  dedenzein 2,451b GdfC: ∅ TL: dedenzain 2,1266 DEAF:  denz (deïnzain)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  deintus 598b

a.

inner, spiritual: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Kar nen est en lur buche dreit, lur dedenzeines choses agueiz sunt (Latin: interiora eorum insidiae) ; sepulcre auvranz est lur guitrun, lur langue funt legiere  Camb Ps 6.V.10
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Mes quel qu'il fust dehors, n'i ot puint de mal art: A Deu guardot adés la dedenzeine part  Becket1 295
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  [...] sovent les vertuz foreines Esquassent molt les dedenzeines  Dial Greg SATF 1828

s.

denizen, inhabitant of town or city: 
( MS: c.1275 )  si forein enpleide dedenzain  Winchester2 44.63 (7)

See also:

denzein 
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