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pulentie (c.1136-65)

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The form pulence is a cross reference to the following entry:

pulentie (c.1136-65)

pudlentie,  pulente;  pulence,  puillencie,  puillentie;  pullentie  
  FEW:  *putulentus 9,644b Gdf:  pullentie 6,464b GdfC: TL: pullentie 7,2079 DEAF:  pullent (pullentie)  DMF:  pullentie  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

stench, foul smell
( MS: s.xivin )  Cil ki ont l'aleine pulente Si beivent puliol e mente, [...] Si li ert nule dent purrie, De ceo vent cel pulentie  Pop Med 207.9
that which is repulsive, disgusting
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ki s'aprismet de puillentie, Aveir l'en esteot sa partie  Salemon 3695
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Le cors en dous parmi colpa. [...] Gui s’en retraist atant arere Pur la pulence qui ert si fere  Gui War 7392
theol.that which is foul, unclean, stinking of sin
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  (one of the nine punishments in Hell:) ki ci (=on earth) furent pudlent, par dreit deivent estre la (=in Hell) pené en pudlentie  Eluc 83-84.15
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  bien espurgiez Ne sont pas des charnaus pecchiez, E por ço sont [...] Entoschiez (=poisoned) de la pullentie  Dial Greg SATF 17984
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Quant Deu vuldra le mund refere, E tuit oster la pulentie [...]  Pet Phil 307
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] cele orde pulentie de pecché [...] par confession tot hors la (=in the confessional) vonchereient  Ancren2 192.23

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See also:

pulent1  pulentement  pulenter  pulenterie  pulentic 
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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