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nequice (s.xiii2/4)

The form niqetz is a cross reference to the following entry:

nequice (s.xiii2/4)

nesquice, 
(pl. niqetz (l. niquec[e]z))  
  FEW:  nequam 7,99b Gdf:  nequisse 5,488c GdfC: TL: nequice 6,597 DEAF: DMF:  néquice  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  nequam 1907a

s.

wickedness, perversity
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Le mund est de vices Plein e de nesquices E de vanité  Serm Royal 542
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Nous nen avrum pas a luter Od char, od sanc, mais plus asez Od princes et od poestez, Od nequices espiritels  Chev Dé 299
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  un tapit cointe e burlé [...] De maldiz e de niqetz ( (l. niquec[e]z) tut jours entremellé  BOZ Char 92

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