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majesté (1121-25)
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majesté (1121-25)

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magesté,  magested,  magestee,  magestie,  magisté,  majested,  majestee,  majestet,  majestie;  maesté,  maisté,  maisted,  maiesté,  maiestee  (magestate  Rot Parl1 iii 376,  maigesté  Rot Parl1 ii 214,  maijesté  Northern Pet 202)  
  FEW:  maiestas 6/i,53b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  majesté 10,108c TL: majesté 5,927 DEAF:  majesté  DMF:  majesté  TLF:  majesté  OED:  majesty n.  MED:  mageste n.  DMLBS:  majestas 1688b

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majesty, greatness: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  La majested sumes perdant, La presence de la glorie  S Brend mup 540
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) La voiz al Segnur sur les eves, Deus de majestet entunat (Latin: Deus maiestatis intonuit)  Oxf Ps ANTS 57.28.3
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  Seint Aedmund, fort reis corunéd, Devant le rei de maistéd  S Edm Pass ANTS 1674
♦titlethe king: 
( 1389 )  pur faire insurrections et desobeiance envers magesté  Rot Parl1 iii 273
lese majesté
lese1
(sun (etc.)) real majesté
real1
rei de majesté
rei2
estre en sa majesté
to reign supreme: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Le regne Deu est la cité U Deus est en sa majesté  S Clem ANTS 2672

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