1paganmythologicalfemalegoddess, female divinity:
(
c.1150;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Al tens as paens que ja fu Urent diable grant vertu, Qui se feseient aurer Et deus et devesces
(l. deuesces) nomer
340
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
A Astarten, deuesse de Sydon, Il fist un temple
(B) 13273
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xivin
)
A la deuesse fait sacrefise
600
(
s.xiv1;
MS: c.1361
)
ne mye sacrileges ne blastengeauntz nostre dewesce
(var. diwesce) (Latin: neque blasphemantes deam vestram)
(A) 371b
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deuesse (c.1150)