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noli (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  nolle 7,174b Gdf: GdfC:  noli me tangere 10,206a TL: DEAF: DMF:  noli me tangere  TLF:  nolimetangere  OED:  noli me tangere n. and a.  MED:  noli me tangere n.  DMLBS:  nolle 1924c
 
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The locution is a Latin phrase which literally translates as ‘do not touch me’. The word noli is the imperative form of the Latin verb nolle (DMLBS 1924b-c); see also Anglo-Norman noler.

v.n.

noli me tangere
1med.pathol.erosive ulceration or cancer of the face
( MS: s.xiv1 )  En[cuntre] le felun que ad colour de saphir que est apelé noli me tangere veez si medicine  30.253
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  il ad celle enfermeté Que plus s'agregge par toucher; Et pour cela l'en solt nommer Le mal noli me tangere  1518
( MS: s.xv )  Noli me tangere vient en visage de homme e vient de venim de raz et de novel  89.S60
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This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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