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nuncure (c.1165)

nuncure (c.1165)

noncure  
  FEW:  cura 2/ii,1557b Gdf:  noncure 5,524b GdfC: TL: noncure 6,780 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

carelessness, negligence
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  li pastors par noncure someille, Vienge li leus, si enporte une oeille  Rom rom 349
mettre a, en nuncure
to be careless about, disregard
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Cil metent lur vie en nuncure Ki d'amur n'unt sen ne mesure  marie Lais 33.17
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  por Dieu mistrent a non cure Peché e mals [...] E entrerent en religioun  Dial Jul 1859

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See also:

cure1  nuncuré 
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