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affection (s.xiii2/4)

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The form effection is a cross reference to the following entry:

affection (s.xiii2/4)

affeccion,  affecioun,  affectione,  affectioun  
  FEW:  affectio 24,247a Gdf: GdfC:  affection 8,39a TL: afectïon 1,176 DEAF: DMF:  affection  TLF:  affection  OED:  affection n.1  MED:  affeccioun n.  DMLBS:  affectio 47c

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1devotion, love
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  pouns hardiement prier e dire de tote nostre affection, sanctificetur nomen tuum  Mirour Egl 50.84-5
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  le affeccioun en l’unité des voluntez  BRITT i 228
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Affeccion est quant la cogitacion veit entrant e li delit vient sus, e li desir crest  Ancren2 13.26
( 1321-22 )  le graunt affection q’il avoit dever la dite eglise & dever le cor Seint T.  Rot Parl1 i 390
2desire
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  quant il quident k’il eient devociun, si unt une orde e charnele affection  Mirour Egl 48.31
inclination
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  l’alme […] est tute pleyne de diverse[s] pensees e affections e desirs  Mirour Egl 8.26
( c.1285; MS: c.1297 )  par deliverance del quer de totes males affections e de touz mauz desirers  Jerarchie 74
( 1393; MS: s.xv1 )  accompliement de nostre affeccioun longement desiree  Lett & Pet 61.17.21
inclination, wish
( 1394; MS: s.xv1 )  si comme nous vous quidoms avoir autiel desir de savoir de nous ces novelles, tout ensi avoms nous semblable affeccioun d’avoir toudis de vous […] tresbons novelles  Lett & Pet 48.3.17-18
3pej.partiality, favouritism
( 1377 )  governer le poeple en droit Justice, solom les Leyes & les bones Usages du Roialme, fesantz equitee si bien as poveres come as riches, sanz affection de null part  Rot Parl1 iii 14
( 1406 )  [..] sanz fraude ou affeccioun de nully  Rot Parl1 iii 588
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