puce2 (c.1240)

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puce2 (c.1240)

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[ FEW: 9,525a *pullicella; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: 7,2038 puce 2; DEAF:  pucele (puce); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

s.f.

1femaleyoung woman, maiden, virgin
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Survint mult tost la puce gente (=B.V.M.)  192.87
( MS: s.xiii2 )  se par force e de tort e contre sa volunté fust une puce corrumpue, ele nequedent sereit en les virgines coroné de Deu en cel si ele gardast aprés fermement en purpos de chasteté e de virginité  378
pucel#1  pucelage  pucele  pucelete  pucelin 
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