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mensunge (s.xii1/3)
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mensunge (s.xii1/3)

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menceonge,  menceunge,  menceynge,  menchunge,  mencionge,  menciunge,  mençoinge,  mençoingne,  mençonge,  mençunge,  mençuenge,  mençungie,  mensoenge,  mensoign,  mensoinge,  mensonge,  mensounge,  mensoynge,  menzonge;  meçunge,  meçounge,  mesonge,  mesounge,  messonge,  messunge  (mençon  BRITT i 30,  mentsunge  Camb Ps 20.CXVIII.291,  messangees  YMB ii 252)  
  FEW:  mentio 6/i,735a Gdf:  mençogne 5,231a GdfC: ∅ TL: mençogne 5,1392 DEAF:  mençogne  DMF:  mensonge  TLF:  mensonge  OED:  mensonge n.  MED:  mensoige n.  DMLBS: ∅

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lie, (deliberately) untrue statement: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ki ceste pere portera, Ja sunge mal ne li fera: Ignelepas que il l’orra, Senz mençunge si l’espondra  Lapid 253.1538
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Li fil de barun, dessi a quant, li mien noble, huntusement amez vus vanitet, querant menchunge?  Camb Ps 4.IV.2
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  A marchaunz est ele maryé En meynte guise entrelacé, Par messonge et faus sermenz Dount yl enginent les innocenz  Mar Diable 307
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Dunke quide ben ke ceo seit sunge U est une aperte mensunge  Mir N-D 71.177
( MS: s.xiv )  Ki par mensoigne soi vaunte  Folies (C) 26

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See also:

mensungeable  mensunger1  mensunger2  mensungierement 
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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