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leuvesse1 (s.xiii)
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leuvesse1 (s.xiii)

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levesse,  lovesse,  luvesse,  luivesse  (leusse  Ancren2 218.6,  luesse)  
  FEW:  lupus 5,458a Gdf:  lovesse 5,43c GdfC: ∅ TL: lovesse 5,701 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  louvesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

As 'n' and 'v' are often scribally or editorially confused, it has not always been possible to distinguish between this word and leunesse1.

s.

1mammalsfemalezool.she-wolf: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Ire de femme si cum ire de la leune (l. leuve?) , ceo est de la leunesse (l. leuvesse?) [...]. Leounesse ou lovesse  (ed. louesse) ou unicorne est femme tant dis com ele est enirree  Ancren2 217.17 and 19
2femaleused to refer to a prostitute?: 
( MS: s.xiii )  lupa: meretrix, luesse  Gloss Garland 170

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See also:

leu1  leuve1  lovinace 
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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