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

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

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

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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  217.17 and 19
2femaleused to refer to a prostitute?: 
( MS: s.xiii )  lupa: meretrix, luesse  170
leu#1  leuve#1 
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