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defauture (c.1230)
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defauture (c.1230)

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defalture  (defaiture)  
  FEW:  fallere *3,388b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  falir (defauture)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  defaulture n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1failure, death: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Tut seit beus, tut dis est vain, Tut dis trait il a defauture. E que vaut chose ke ne dure?  Mirur2 968
2failing, weakness: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  por la defaiture (l. defalture) des oilz  A-N Med i 82
sanz defauture
without fail: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  li faitres par sa feiture Est conuz sanz defalture  Pet Phil 216
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