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assoignante (c.1292)
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assoignante (c.1292)

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assoignaunte;  essoinante,  essoinaunte  (assoinance,  essoniaunte)  
  FEW:  *sunni *17,273b Gdf:  assoignanter (assoignantee) 1,447b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  soing (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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femaleoccupationkept woman, concubine: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  […] as autres essomaunte (l. essoinauntes var. essoinaunte) et concubine  BRITT ii 242

See also:

assoignanter  assoigne1  assoigner  assoignour  suignante 
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