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desesperance (s.xiiex)
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desesperance (s.xiiex)

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desesperaunce;  desesperrance;  desasperance,  deseparance,  deseparaunce,  deseperance  
  FEW:  sperare 12,167a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  desesperance 9,333a TL: desesperance 2,1573 DEAF:  esperer (desesperance)  DMF:  désespérance  TLF:  désespérance  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  desperantia 631c

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1theol.(sin of) despair: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  faus conissaunce q’il fit de felonie par deseparaunce  Mir Just 167
2lack of trust: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Issi perdirent par lor desesperance; N’aveient mie veraie conessance De Damnedé ne de sa grant puissance  Rom rom 649
chair en desesperance
theol.to fall into (the sin of) despair: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  le abbesse grant solaz le fet De parole, ke en desesperance Ne chaist  Mir N-D 221.29

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desperance 
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