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dame1 (s.xii1)
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dame1 (s.xii1)

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dama,  deme,  dome  (dam  Anc Test (E) 8410,  daame  Art Love 502,  damme  Mir N-D 35.65,  dume  thaon Body and Soul (H) 223 );
pl. dames,  damis  
  FEW:  domina 3,123b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  dame 9,271c TL: dame 2,1176 DEAF:  dame  DMF:  dame 1  TLF:  dame 1  OED:  dame n.  MED:  dame n.  DMLBS:  domina 715a

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1titlefemalelady, woman: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Il furent dis sibiles, Gentils dames nubiles  Sibile 2
( MS: s.xiii )  matronales: de dames  TLL ii 120
( 1299 )  qe dowere soyt assigné a dames deinz les xl. jours aprés la mort de lours barons  King’s Bench iii 90
♦statustitlefemale(in titles) lady: 
( 1330 )  ma dame Isabelle ore tart roine d’Engleterre  Rot Parl2 208
( 1410-11 ) pur l'enterement de dame Sare Lunt  Mch Tayl Accs2 278 (12 Henry IV)
♦female(as form of address) lady: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  (to her mother in law:) 'Dama', dist ele, 'jo i ai si grant perte [...] Quant n'ai tun filz'  S Alexis1 148
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  ‘Ma dome, volentiers’, çoe respunt li donzel  Horn 570
2femalestatusmistress, female head or superior: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) sicume li oil d'ancele es mains de sa dame, eissifaitement li nostre oil al Segnor nostre Deu  Oxf Ps ANTS 121.122.3
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiiiin )  Je ere ten soumier [...]. Tu estoies ma dame Si me carchas la soume  thaon Body and Soul (C) 325
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  quaunt A. s’enfui de sa dame Sarray  BOZ Cont 53
♦monasticeccl.femalestatusabbess or prioress: 
( 1311 )  q’ils sont les gentz la dame et q’il vyndrent en eide [...]  YBB Ed II x 232
♦statustitlefemalefemale ruler: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  La fille qui fu mariee En Engletere fu portee, Dame en quida estre e reine  Rom de Rou wace i 262.10167
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Margarete qe deveit governer La reaume d’Escoce, cum dame de l’enteer  LANGTOFT wright ii 308
( 1327-30 )  roine d’Engleterre, dame d’Irlande et contesse de P.  King’s Bench v.cxlvi
3theol.the Virgin Mary: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  La Dame n’est pas orguillose, Pur ceo est ele la Deu espuse  Lum Lais ANTS 6257
Ma, Nostre Dame (Seinte Marie)
theol.titleOur Lady, the Virgin Mary: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  la feste fu celebree, Que conceue e engendree Fu ma dame sainte Marie  Conception wace 7
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) une image peinte de Nostre Dame of sun enfant  Iter paris 96
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  C’est le frut de sauvaciun Encuntre cel [de] dampnaciun Ke nostre Dame reçut et porta  Lum Lais ANTS 335
( 1319 )  Ceo est le testament Margerie de Crioll, fest le samady procheyn aprés l'anuncioun Nostre Dame  Will Crioll 83
seal Nostre Dame
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chef dame
statusfemalemistress, female head or superior: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  si en est confession chef dame e principal sur toutes icestes autres choses devant nomez  Ancren2 79.19
dame de l'abbaie
eccl.monasticstatusfemale abbess, prioress: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Nonain devint a Frontevalt, [...] Pois fu dame de l’abeie, Abeesse tote sa vie  Rom de Rou wace ii 267.10293
dame de guerre
lawstatusfemalemil.lady bearing lordship in time of war: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  [...] s’il fu fet en tens de guerre, e ele dame de guerre en recettant les enemis le roy [...]  Brev Plac 211
dame de religiun
monasticeccl.femalestatusabbess, prioress: 
( 1326-27 )  evesqes, abbees, priours, dames de religion  Stats i 256
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