ligesce (1194-99)
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ligesce (1194-99)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  *let- 16,463b Gdf:  ligesse 4,781c GdfC: ∅ TL: ligece 5,445 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  ligesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1 allegiance, loyalty promised or owed to a king or lord: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Richart l’ainznez ot la corone [...] E les tresors e les richesces, E les terres e les ligesces  184
lige#1  ligeance  ligee  ligement#1 
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