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devinement1 (s.xii1)
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devinement1 (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  divinare *3,108a Gdf:  devinement 2,700b GdfC: ∅ TL: devinement 2,1870 DEAF:  deviner (devinement)  DMF:  devinement  TLF: ∅ OED:  divinement n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1riddle, dark, obscure saying: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  je parlerai anciens devinemenz (Latin: aenigmata)  Camb Ps 137.LXXVII.2
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  En boche ad reis veit jugement, E en levres devinement  Salemon 9236
2divin.divination, prophecy: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pur ço cumandad Saul que l’um li queist une femme ki soust de sorcerie, que par sun devinement seust cume la bataille se prendreit  Liv Reis1 55
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Trestuz les jorz de lune prime Pur deviner est mult bonisme, E li quinszime ensement Est boene a cest devinement  Lapid 188.996
( MS: s.xiiiex )  presagia: devinement  Vernac Glosses 25
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