desfaçun (s.xii2)
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desfaçun (s.xii2)

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[ FEW: 3,356a facies /3,360a factio; Gdf: 2,582b desfacion; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1577 desfacïon /2,1577 desfaçon; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  desfaçon; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 656c diffactio ]
desfaciun,  desfacciun,  desfactiun;  defaciun  

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1mutilation, torture: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  livra cels de Juda […] a desfaiture et a desfaçon  200
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  un bacheler Ke la gent firent en curt juger A desfaçun Les oilz li firent a tort crever  1935
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Tant out la lei cruels cumandemenz, ke ki felunessement pechast ja n’eust merci par amendes ke le esgard de la lei a desfactiun u a vie pendre nel jugast  i 14
2death, destruction: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  lur fals deus kis meterunt a plur e a plainte e a desfaciun  70
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