incube (s.xii2)

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incube (s.xii2)

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[ FEW: 4,632a incubus; Gdf: 4,569a incubon; GdfC: 10,6c incube; TL: 4,1370 incube; DEAF:  incube; DMF:  incube / incubus; TLF:  incube; OED:  incubus n. / incubee n. / incubo n.; MED:  incubus n.; DMLBS: 1314c incubo /1314c incubus ]
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1incubus
( s.xii2; MS: 1284-90 )  Inchubes angles les apelent (Latin: spiritus quos incubos daemones appellamus), E multes femes despucelent  100
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  En l'air mainent [...] Uns diables, qui incube unt nun  5153
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