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prodition (1280-1307)
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prodition (1280-1307)

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prodicion,  prodicioun  
  FEW:  prodere 9,422b Gdf:  prodicion 6,423a GdfC: ∅ TL: prodicïon 7,1945 DEAF:  prodicïon  DMF:  prodition  TLF:  prodition  OED:  prodition n.  MED:  prodicioun n.  DMLBS:  proditio 2487a

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lawtreason, betrayal: 
( 1373 )  crimez de larcinez, homicides ou de prodicione de les magestee  GAUNT1 i 137
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  le quele trewe pluis fuist pur prodicioun al dit roi d'Engleterre qe pur expedicoun de sa guerre  Anon Chr1 17
( 1390-91 )  les ditz malveis purpos et prodicioun touchant le murdre des ditz seignurs  Rot Parl1 iii 231
faire prodition
lawto commit treason: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Escoce fu perdu [...] Par la prodicion qe le rei Johan feseit  LANGTOFT wright ii 418

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proditour 
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