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defaillance (1273-82)
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defaillance (1273-82)

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defaillaunce  
  FEW:  fallere 3,388a Gdf:  defaillance 2,454a GdfC:  defaillance 9,287a TL: defaillance 2,1271 DEAF:  falir (defaillance)  DMF:  défaillance  TLF:  défaillance  OED:  defailance  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

failure, defect: 
( 1313-14 )  [...] la ou il vist defaillance en la executrice nomé  YBB Ed II vii 40
sanz defaillance
1flawless: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  toi (=J.C.) [...] Ki es la fleur sanz defaillance  Ross ANTS 4255
2without fail: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  De Dieu e d’omme l’acordaunce Escrit Amor sanz defaillaunce En toi, costé (=of J.C. on Cross)  Ross ANTS 2542
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  de ceo (=if you do not know how to behave in matters of love) vous mokerount, Et aprés vous jugerount Sauns nulle defaillaunce  Courtoisie 436.186

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faillance 
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