defeisance1 (c.1136-65)
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defeisance1 (c.1136-65)

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  FEW:  defensa *3,29a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  faire (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  defeasance n.  MED:  defesaunce n.  DMLBS:  defensa 588c
 

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1defence, protection: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (The evil flatterer) De plus le (=the child) met en sorquidance Que ne pot aveir defeisance  604
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