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lecher2 (c.1230)

lecher2 (c.1230)

lechier;  leccher,  lecchier  
[ FEW: 16,457a lekkon; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF:  lécheur; TLF: ; OED:  lecher adj.; MED: ; DMLBS: ]

a.

lewd, lecherous
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  la char lechere e veine Ke unques en bien ne fud parceine  S Modw 3235
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiv1 )  Avers vous fustes e envyous, Lecchers, medianz e orgoillous  Vis S Paul octo 252
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Cesti Henri sicom genz dient fust en ses dreins jurs trop lechers  Reis Engl1 190
( MS: s.xiiiex )  femellarium: (L) lechere  TLL ii 42
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Incest encore est d'autre chiere Entre la gent fole et lecchiere  GOWER Mirour 9182

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See also:

lecheral  lecherer  lecheresse1  lecheresse2  lecherie1  lecherus  lecherusement  lechur 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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