empereriz (s.xii3/4)
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empereriz (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 4,585a imperator; Gdf: 3,58b empereris; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,101 empererriz; DEAF:  empereor (empererriz); DMF:  empereris; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 1247a imperatrix ]
enpereriz  

s.

1statusempress, female ruler of an empire: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La sist l’empereres, si sist l’emper[er]iz  3957
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Henri, Né de Mahelt, l’empereriz  ii 308.11437
( 1260 )  [...] ne des hoirs l’enpereriz sue (=?) einsnee la contesse  194
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