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joefnesce (c.1136-65)
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The form junesce is a cross reference to the following entry:

joefnesce (c.1136-65)

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jefnesce,  jeoffnesse,  jofnesce,  jofnesse;  jeonesse,  jonece,  jonesse,  junesce;  jovenesce,  jovniece,  juvenesce,  juvesnesse  (giesnesce  Brut WACE 1696)  
  FEW:  juvenis 5,94a Gdf:  joenesse 4,645c GdfC:  jeunece 10,44b TL: jonece 4,1764 DEAF:  juene (jonece) J673 DMF:  jeunesse  TLF:  jeunesse  OED:  jeunesse n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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youth: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Fiz, aies leesce Od la moiller de ta jovniece  Salemon 3852
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Mes jurs jolifs de ma joefnesce S'en vunt, si trey jeo a veilesce  S Edm Life ANTS 17
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  De vus serroit grant duel si fuissez peri En vostre jofnesce  S Aub 466
( 1395; MS: s.xv1 )  et de nous tenir fermes en la vocacioun que Dieu nous a appellé en nostre jonesse  Lett & Pet 243.53
( 1427-28 )  Pour ce q'en nostre jeoffnesse il est expedient et covenable, que nous soions endoctrinez et apres des bons meurs, letterure, langage, norture et courtoisie  Rot Parl1 v 411

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See also:

joefne  juvence  juvencel  juvencele  juvenet  juvenil  juvente  juventus  juvenur 
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