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literature (s.xii1)
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literature (s.xii1)

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litterature  
  FEW:  littera 5,379a Gdf:  literature 5,3c GdfC:  litterature 10,89a TL: literature 5,525 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  littérature  TLF:  littérature  OED:  literature n.  MED:  litterature n.  DMLBS:  litteratura 1627a

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1acad.letters, literacy: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Pur ce que je ne cunui litterature, enterrai es poances del Seignur  Oxf Ps ANTS 83.70.18
2literal sense: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Judeus literature Tant entent d'escripture, N'enten allegorie, Ne seet que signefie  Best ants 955

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litterat 
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