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pege (1160-74)

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pege (1160-74)

piege, 
(pl. peschis  i 159)  
  FEW:  pedica 8,122a Gdf: GdfC:  piege 10,336a TL: piege 7,917 DEAF:  piege  DMF:  piège 1  TLF:  piège  OED: MED: DMLBS:  pega 2166c

s.

trap, snare
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Rou [...] a Pariz tint son siege, Ceuls dedens eust pris com l'en prent bisse au piege  i 36.611
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E poi sunt ki sunt en sege Ki n'unt le pé en icest pege  1872
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  [...] E sovent soi meisme empiege Icil qui fait a autrui piege, Car molt voi avenir sovent Que meint hoem de son laz se pent  18
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 )  Desleus sunt les uns as autres e luxuriuses e medlifs e cumbattillereuses ne mie par chevalerie, mais par dartz entuschez e par poisunementz e fu grezeisc. E semment peges  168
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  pedicam: (D) pege (var. (C: xiii2) calketrappe)  ii 76.159
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  decipule: (T) gallice peges  ii 28

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See also:

empieger  1 
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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