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[nunfaisance] (1444-45)

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[nunfaisance] (1444-45)

nounfaisaunce,  nounfesaunce  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

failure to do, carry out
( 1444-45 )  a cause de quele nounfesaunce de due execucion de la ley lez ditz personez enditz et utlagez, et autres meffaisours de Galez [...] ne doubtent mye de venir de tuer arder robber et autres malez fair en le dit counté  Stats ii 331

[gdw]

See also:

faisance  nunfaisure 
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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