1riddle, dark, obscure saying:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
je aoverrai en harpe ma devinaille
(Latin: aenigma)
84.XLIV.4
(
c.1290;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Un devinal
(M.E. A rydels) vus est moustree
(A) 302va
2prophecy:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Samson li forz recunust a s’amie La devinaille e qu’ele signifie
(B) 4799
(
1266-1300;
MS: c.1300
)
il crut en songes et en devinailhes
236.S32.63
♦
divin.divination:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Nule pere n’est tant vaillante [...] Pur devinales deviner Ne pur fantosmes demustrer
226.685
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
Sorcerie est un art a deviner. Devinail proprement soune en mal
(=is a pejorative term)
15
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
devinacio: devinal
i 140
3sorcery:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Reherça cum sa mere par un[e] devinaille Envers l’enchantement viola sa esposaille
1869
(
s.xiiim;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Eliotropie [...] En devinaile vaut e sanc estanche
93.687
4conjecture, guess:
(
c.1136-37;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Mult plusurs humes l’esgarderent
(=the comet) , [...] Chascun diseit sa devinaille
5149
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
E ben le say sanz divinayle Ke [...]
228.69
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devinaille (s.xii1/3)