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desponde (s.xii3/4)
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desponde (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  sponda 12,205b Gdf:  desponde 2,633c GdfC: ∅ TL: desponde 2,1709 DEAF:  esponde (desponde)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

ruler, 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  Rom Chev ANTS 34
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
desponde