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manc1 (s.xii3/3)

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manc1 (s.xii3/3)

maunche  
  FEW:  mancus 6/i,138b Gdf:  manc 5,135b GdfC: TL: manc 1 5,1017 DEAF:  manc  DMF:  manc  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

med.cripple, one who limps
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Suz cel nen ad si fort leprus [...] Ne manc ne avogle ne mu Si a un d'els est presenté Par lur preiere n'eit santé  1308
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Li tiers prince si serra en la senestre partie del ost, acez combatant e porveiant, por ce ke la senestre part est plus pensant e est en la compaignie ausi com une maunche (Latin: et velut manca in acie consistit)  105.4-5

[gdw]

See also:

esmanker 
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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