noynesse (1312)

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noynesse (1312)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: *7,187b nonna; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

This unique attestation provides a word(-form) not found elsewhere, which apparently consists of a somewhat deviant form of none2 (not attested on its own, but similar to a variant like noigne) with a superfluous feminine suffix attached.

s.f.

1eccl.monasticfemalenun, female member of a religious order
( 1312 )  ele est noneyne professé en la mesoun de Berham, et illuqes ad esté noynesse professé .xxx. anz  Ed II xii 212
nonail  nonain  none#2  nonerie 
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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