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(
c.1245; MS: c.1255
)
Quant out fa[it] de la croiz signacle (over the ulcers and swellings of an ill person) [...] Cesse li maus e la puur, La leidesse e la dolur
S Edwparis ANTS 2673
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255
)
garde ses vestemenz, ke il ne voaise nu, que l’en ne voie sa lezdesse (Latin: ne nudus ambulet et videant turpitudinem)Apoc Prose 85
(
c.1136-65; MS: c.1200
)
Pur ço valt mielz poi od leesce Ke molz fruiz ne funt od laidesce, Kar dampnable est la manantie
Salemon 9324
♦theol.(morally or religiously) evil, objectionable deed:
(
c.1195; MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Trop grant leidesce ferions Se nus ne lur en aidissons
Purg S PatMARIE 1455
(
c.1200; MS: c.1220-40
)
Ore est a mort trespassé dan Semei Pur leidesce qu'il fist al rei Davi
Anc Test (E) 12396
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2
)
n'est ordesce, Pecché, ne vice, ne laidesce
Mirur3 5261
♦offence, insult:
(
c.1136-65; MS: c.1200
)
Levre menterresse repont Haenge ki son cors confunt. Ki dit laidesce senz deserte, Folx est si'n pot venir a perte
Salemon 6161
(
s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2
)(the hateful) a ses (=God's) serganz en funt reproces Quant les apelent a ses noces, E nient sul laidesces lur dient, Mais par envie les occient
Mirur1 160vb1
laidesce (c.1136-65)