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putevile (1396)
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The form putiveil is a cross reference to the following entry:

putevile (1396)

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putiveil  
  FEW:  putidus *9,634b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  put (*)  DMF:  puteville  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

Considering the word's derogatory sense, an etumology associated with the words put1 and vil1 seems likely. The DMF tentatively suggests a reading as ‘pute[s] vilez’. For a similar issue, see puteleime.

s.f.

femalewhore, prostitute, lascivious woman (?): 
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et quant il vendra al but de la ville, il demandra le chymyne a une putevile tout ainsi: ‘Ma commere, q’est le droit chymyn vers Parys?’  Man lang ANTS 8.10
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  de lez ribaudes ou paillardez, putaignes, putevilez et villayns, larouns, felouns et traitours  Man lang ANTS 79.16
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  [...] des ribaudez, ou pailardez, putaynez, putiveils et vilayns, larons, felons et traitours  Liber Donati (D) 26

[gdw]

See also:

put1  putage  putain  putainer  pute1  putee1  puteer  putel  puteleime  putement  puter  putere  puteresse  puterie  putie  putois 
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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