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despoille (s.xii1)
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despoille (s.xii1)

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despueille,  despuille  
  FEW:  spoliare 12,202a Gdf:  despoille 2,632c GdfC:  despoille 9,354b TL: despueille 2,1717 / despueil 2,1717 DEAF:  despoillier (despoille)  DMF:  dépouille  TLF:  dépouille  OED:  despoil n.  MED:  despoile n.  DMLBS:  despoliatio 632b

s.

coll.clothes: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Pur sa despuille l'enveia. Issi fu Bisclavret trahiz E par sa femme maubailiz  marie Lais 65.124
( MS: c.1335 )  vers les damoiseles (bathing in stream) ala E lur despoille enporta  Harley Complete iii 208.70

s. pl.

spoils: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  je sui [...] sicume troevet multes despueilles (Latin: spolia)  Camb Ps 232.CXVIII.162
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  De ses despuilles qu'il prendereient Totes lur maisuns emplereient  Salemon 683
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