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desleal (c.1136-65)
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desleal (c.1136-65)

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desleel,  deslel,  desloial;  deleal,  delel, 
(f. deseale ),
pl. desleus  (desseaux (l. desleaux)  Cron Lond1 58.20)  
  FEW:  legalis 5,240a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  desleial 9,343b TL: deslëal 2,1629 DEAF:  leal (desleal)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  disleal a.  / disloyal a., n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1disloyal, faithless: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si nul hom’ ad çaenz [...] Ki die k’unc feisse vers vus fait desleel [...] Prest sui del defendre  Horn 2077
( 1312 )  nous conisoms de estre tenuz [...] a fauls et deleals en totes cortes  Ann Lond 206.11
♦untrustworthy, treacherous: 
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) (Saracens) Desleus sunt e luxurius, medlifs e cumbatillerus  Iter paris 140
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ly appella laron e deleaus  Court Bar (A) 27
( 1343-50 )  si se retrait come chivaler desleaux, et dit come coward qe [...]  Cron Lond1 72.3
♦unbelieving: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Juliane, ceste hagurnele, A nos dieus est trop delele  boz Seven Poems 89.147
2false, untrue: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Li clercs [...] N’est pas desleals, mes sa doctrine veraie est e seure  S Aub 601
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le Synagoge ou fey delele i pureit prendre [...] bele essample de turner a cristienté  S Rich ANTS 1183
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  le desloial et malicious desclaundre q’est surmys a ma dite niece  Lett & Pet 383.25
3lawunlawful: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  furent departiz par Saincte Eglise, pur ceo qe le matrimonie entre eux fet fut trové desleal  BRITT ii 17
( 1328 )  J., par faux compassement et collusion entre luy et un J.P. [...] pur esteindre cele rente, en deseale (l. deleale) manere fesoit le dit J.P. porter un bref le Roi  Rot Parl1 ii 14
♦immoral: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  temptacions denzeines si sont desleaus desafetemenz  Ancren2 256.3

s.

faithless, unreliable person: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  le apelerent laron e deleaus  Court Bar (X) 28
( 1321 )  ly appella faux et deleaux  YBB Ed II xxvi 227
♦theol.unbeliever: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  D’erites e d’escomengez, D’omicides, de desleiez  Salemon 764
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Penduz e cloufichez a loi de desloial  S Aub 6
( MS: s.xivm )  ly creant et ly desloial  S Jer 5ra
aver a desleal
to consider as disloyal, faithless: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Vus parlez cum desafaitee Quant si m’avez a desle[e]e  Trist thomas2 1573
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