1localin front:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Od l’espee [...] li ad paié un tal Enz el vis dedevant, si ne fust li nasal, Le nes li oust trenchié
3200
2from the front:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Sil volez esluigner, Dreit devant vus drecer, Verez la figure De cele creature Qui de devant serad Tele cum il la verat
2665
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Ore apresment li fueur de devant
246
3temporalbefore:
(
1136-37;
MS: s.xiv1
)
il aveit pris pain ben[e]eit le di[e]maigne dedevant
(var. (D: s.xiiex) devant)
6345
1before, in front of:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
(the moon (during a lunar eclipse):) Quant ele est tant alee Que la terre est posee De devant sa luur, Dunc depert sa colur
2765
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Devant
(var. (P: c.1310) De devant) la reyne est sur un siege assis
161 (var.)
2localin front of, in the presence of:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
joe iere en sa curt de armes bien preisiez Pur quantque aie fait dedevant ses barnez
1174
(
1174-75;
MS: s.xiiex
)
De devant lui vint errant un message
710
3temporalbefore:
(
1184;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
dedevant la Nativité
1568
(
1258-59
)
si [...] ses ancestres ke le eient fet de devant le premer passage le rei en Bretain
471
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