desveiable (s.xii1)
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desveiable (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  via 14,374b Gdf:  desvoiable 2,680b GdfC: ∅ TL: desvoiable 2,1819 DEAF:  voie (desvoiable)  DMF:  desvoyable  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1pathless, impassable: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  [...] en terre deserte e desveiable e nient ewose (Latin: in terra deserta et invia et inaquosa)  77.62.3
2who leads astray: 
( MS: s.xiim )  delivre nus de tut l’enpechement del diable e de ses menistres desveiables  p.260
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