infection (s.xiii2/4)
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infection (s.xiii2/4)

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[ FEW: 4,665a infectus; Gdf: 4,577b infection 1; GdfC: 10,12c infection; TL: 4,1382 infeccïon; DEAF: I236 infect (infeccion); DMF:  infection; TLF:  infection; OED:  infection n.; MED:  infeccioun n.; DMLBS: 1350b infectio ]
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1infection, pollution: 
( 1379-80 )  par l’enfection de l’eire [...] et puours susditz  iii 87
♦med.infection: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Melancolia si est la infection de cele meine celle oveques privation de raison sicome Costentin dit el livre de melancolie  i 180
♦mental or spiritual contamination: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Des sept pechés ove lour semence Sainte oreisoun, q’en dieu commence, Sept bonnes cures contrepense, Dount guarist leur infeccioun  10497
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infection