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[espoentissure] (s.xiiiex)

[espoentissure] (s.xiiiex)

espontisseour,  espountissour  
  FEW:  *expaventare *3,304b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

1hideousness
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] ke la espontisseour de celes deus dampnez feist celes ke remistrent aveir pour  Ancren2 108.22
2fear, dread
( MS: s.xiv2 )  tresgrant espountissour tresbuscha sur nous  Bible hackett (A) 287vb
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