defiement (1155)

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defiement (1155)

  FEW:  *fidare 3,500a Gdf:  defiement 2,461a GdfC: TL: desfïement 2,1587 DEAF:  fïer (desfïement)  DMF:  défiement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
desfiement  

s.

1challenge, declaration of hostility
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  La u il ert al parlement, Q'unches n'i out desfiement, Ocist li maire le menor  1466
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Coment A. resceut le defiement Porre  7316rubr
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Dunc s’est li sainz levez. Lur defiemenz ad entenduz e notez  5355
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  ‘Ysolt, e vus e lui deffi [...]’ Quant Ysolt ceste curuz entent E ot icest desfiement [...] Mult en est al quer anguissee  1339
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  clarigatio: defiement  ii 88.70
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  (the Jews) turnerent la lei plus a desfiement ke a edefiement  ii 3
( MS: s.xiii )  claricacio: defiement  ii 108
defiance 
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