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defeis1 (1171-74)
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defeis1 (1171-74)

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  FEW:  defensum 3,29a Gdf:  defois 2,463b GdfC: ∅ TL: defois 2,1289 DEAF:  defois  DMF:  défois  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  defensus 590a

s.

prohibition: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Il (=the king) ne deit fere a clerc n’a iglise defeis Ne tolir rien del lur  Becket1 57
sur defeis
against one’s will: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  (The wicked archbishops) Les proveires faiseient chanter tut sur defeis  Becket1 5834

See also:

defense2 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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