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[ordeiement] (s.xiii1)
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[ordeiement] (s.xiii1)

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ordeiment  
  FEW:  horridus 4,487b Gdf:  ordoiement 5,619a GdfC: ∅ TL: ordoiement 6,1200 DEAF:  ort 1 (ordoiemen)  DMF:  ordoiement  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

No Anglo-Norman attestations have been found for the literal sense of the word, i.e. ‘(act of) befouling, making dirty’.

s.

fig.(act of) sullying, defiling, debasing: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Cil plaist a Deu ki chastement Le (=sapphire) porte sanz ordeiement  (ms. ordeiment)  162. 172

[gdw]

See also:

ord  ordeé1  ordeier  ordement  order  ordesce  ordure1 
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