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espusaille (s.xii1/3)
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espusaille (s.xii1/3)

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esposail,  esposaile,  esposaille,  esposale,  esposalie,  esposeal,  esposeille,  esposel;  espousail,  espousaille,  espousalie,  espousel,  espouselle,  espusaile,  espusçylle,  espussaille,  esspusaille, 
(pl. espoisalx  Lett & Pet 41)  
  FEW:  sponsalia 12,210a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  espousaille 9,548c TL: esposaille 3,1244 DEAF:  esposaille  DMF:  épousailles  TLF:  épousailles  OED:  spousal n.  MED:  spousaille n.  DMLBS:  sponsalis 3168c

s. sg. and pl.

eccl.liturgicalwedding, nuptials: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  N’i out mie lunges fermailles, Sempres furent les espusailles  Rom de Rou wace i 213.1406
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Chescune femme devant l’espusaille Mult beal semblant vus fra  Pet Plet ANTS 1365
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Dieux vynt manger en un esposaille ou il [...] tourna l’ewe en vyn  BOZ Cont 163
♦eccl.liturgicalsacrament of marriage: 
( 1311 )  des esposailles ne de matrimoigne ceste court ne purra pas conustre  YBB Ed II xi 40
( 1425 )  baptisme, espousailx, sacraments  Rot Parl1 iv 290
♦marriage, matrimony, wedded state: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Qui ceste pere portera, Seit hom u femme qui l’avra, As esposailles que il fera: Jamais entre els ire n’avra  Lapid 214.314
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Jo voil espuser la meschine Pur saveir l’estre a la reine, Si l’esspusaille e l’assembler Me pureit li faire oblier  Trist thomas2 228
( 1312 )  si femme donne a homme par cause de matrimonie et les esposailles faillent [...]  YBB Ed II xii 75
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  la primer nuit de cez esposalles s’en fui priveement de sa femme  TREVET Cron1 174.18
♦fig.(to God) betrothal: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Pur ce ne sunt pas digne de tel aprochement, De tel espusaille a Deu Omnipotent  Chant Chanz 342
d’espusaille
in wedlock: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Quant hoem e femme s’asemblent d’esposaille  Rom rom 61
(de)denz (les) espusailles
lawwithin wedlock: 
( 1292 )  [...] engendré dedeyns esposayles  YBB 20-21 Ed I 271
( 1317 )  il engendra R. deinz les esposayles  YBB Ed II xxii 262
fors d’espusailles
lawout of wedlock: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  il fust engendré hors de esposalies  Reis Engl1 110
receivre en espusailes
receivre

See also:

spusaille 
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