[devorement] (1190-93)
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[devorement] (1190-93)

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[ FEW: 3,61b devorare; Gdf: 2,706b devorement; GdfC: ∅; TL: 2,1895 devorement; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  dévorement; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
devourement,  devurement  

s.

1voracity: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  (of the wolf guarding the saint’s head:) Sa rage e sun devourement Si ubliat de tuit endreit Ke a rens fors al chief n’entendeit  2772
2fig. gulf, chasm: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  La mer ad un devurement Ke les ewes devure e rent  1477
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