desponde (s.xii3/4)

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desponde (s.xii3/4)

[ FEW: 12,205b sponda; Gdf: 2,633c desponde; GdfC: ; TL: 2,1709 desponde; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

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1ruler, straight-edge
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ancienement ly sage mesurerent le monde, Cum le firmament torne e cum la terre est ronde. En trois la departirent sanz compas e desponde  34
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