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defisement (s.xii1)
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defisement (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  facere *3,349a Gdf:  defisement 2,463a GdfC: ∅ TL: defisement 2,1288 DEAF:  defire (defisement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1faintness, despondency: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Defisement tint mei (Latin: Defectio tenuit me), pur les peccheurs deguerpissanz la tue lei  Oxf Ps ANTS 116.118.53
2lack, want: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  (Paradise is) Uns lius delitables, el quel esteient arbres de diverses manieres contre divers defisement  Eluc 21.69
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