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dedeign (1121-25)
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dedeign (1121-25)

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dedegne,  dedeigne,  dedein,  dedeing,  deding;  desdaign,  desdain,  desdegne,  desdeign,  desdein,  desdeing,  desdoign, 
(pl. desdeigz)  
  FEW:  dignare 3,78a Gdf:  desgaign 2,573a GdfC:  desdeing 9,392c TL: desdeing 2,1555 DEAF:  deignier (desdeign)  DMF:  dédain  TLF:  dédain  OED:  disdain n.  MED:  disdein n.  DMLBS:  dedignatio 584a

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1emotiondisdain, contempt, scorn: 
( 1215; MS: 1226 )  [E]t totes males volentez, desdeigz, rancors, qui sont nees entre nos e noz homes [...]  Magna Carta 363.62
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Ly tyrant le regard, si out grant dedeigne  BOZ Tret Pass ii 430
♦personif.emotionpersonification of disdain, contempt, scorn: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (the six daughters of Orgoil are) Inobedience e Avanta[n]ce Descort e Poie de Suffrance, Dedein e Contenciun  Lum Lais ANTS 3113
2 emotion expression, show of disdain, contempt, scorn: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Desdein lur semblout e vil chose Que porte i fust pur le rei close,  Brut WACE 8905
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  De ire nessent [...] huntuse[s] paroles, dedeyn e blasphemies  Mirour Egl 24.29
a dedeign de
emotionin contempt of: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 ) Escopissez sour le mastin [...] a dedeing de lui e en eschar de lui  Ancren2 15.19-20
par nul, sanz dedeign
loyally, faithfully: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein Tuit li frere par nul desdeign  S Brend mup 236
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  mult fustes ja de bon’ orine quant vus me amastes seinz desdeing  Fol Trist ANTS 853
aver dedeign de
emotionto despise, loathe: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  La merci Deu demand en vein, Si il de peché n’eit dedein  BOZ Prov (S) 39.80
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  si out grant desdeing de saint P., si cummanda qu’il fust pris e mis en chartre  Legendary 110.73
prendre, tenir en dedeign
emotionto despise, disdain, hold in contempt: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) Cil fud mult fels par superbe, En desdein prist la Deu verbe  S Brend mup 530
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  quant je [...] ai veu ke vus en desdein me tenez e pur si vil ore me avez  Fol Trist ANTS 695
dedeign de ventrail
med.pathol.diarrhoea: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et de vomir li prent talent Viaunde li siet mauveisement Qui il ne trove savourement; Ce fait le desdeing del ventrail  Pop Med 162
( MS: s.xivin )  Econtre le deding de ventrail Vus dirray le men consail  Pop Med 208.14
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