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legerie1 (s.xii2/4)
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legerie1 (s.xii2/4)

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leggerie;  lecherie  
  FEW:  *leviarius 5,288b Gdf:  legerie 4,755c GdfC: ∅ TL: legerie 5,306 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  légerie  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1fickle act: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  (knights) Ki trope unt lur curage faint, Ki maintienent les tricheries, Les deliz e les leggeries  ADGAR3 224.128
2levity, irrresponsible behaviour: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  A voz Franceis un cunseill en presistes ; Loerent vos alques de legerie  Roland 206
( s.xii2; MS: s.xiiiex )  Carles ad feit folie Quant il gaba de moi par si grant legerie  Pel Charlemagne 630
( 1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  N'aveit cure de lecherie, De chose ke turnast a folie  S Thom beneit1 940

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See also:

legance1  leger1  leger2  legerement  legereté  legerie1  legieret 
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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