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pucel1 (c.1245)
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pucel1 (c.1245)

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puceal; 
c.s. puceus  
  FEW:  *pulicella 9,525a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  pucel 10,444b TL: pucel 7,2038 DEAF:  pucele (pucel)  DMF:  pucel  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  pucel(le n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

boy or unmarried young man, bachelor: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Jesu Ki puceus e fiz de pucele Nasquis  S Edw paris ANTS 1117
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En cel ordre est compryse Clers e lays de dyverse age, Pucels e gent en maryage  S Fran ANTS 1492
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Frape de clers, compaignie de damys, Lure de pucels, Route de burges, route de ribaudes  Nominale 427

a.

virgin-like, chaste: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Aedward li rois Murut [...] Puceus du cors, purs e enters  S Edw paris ANTS 3954

[gdw]

See also:

puce2  pucelage  pucele  pucelete  pucelin 
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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