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regehissance (1214)
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The form renoissaunce is a cross reference to the following entry:

regehissance (1214)

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regeissance;  rejeisance,  rejeisaunce,  rejoisaunce  (renoissaunce)  
  FEW:  *jehhjan 16,282a Gdf:  regehissance 6,739a GdfC: ∅ TL: rejehissance 8,660 DEAF:  gehir (regehissance) G430 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The unexpected spelling renoissaunce (with an n instead of a g or j) in one of the variant manuscripts of triv is most likely a corruption of the word rather than a true spelling variant. An alternative reading of the two minims as reijoissaunce seems unlikely.

s.

theol.confession, avowal, declaration of faith: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  D'einsi tres forte mescreance Dom oit la regehissance  S Greg 2226
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cist Josue fist covenant ové le poeple Dieu de certeine creaunce, et lour assent et rejeisaunce  (ed. rejersaunce) (var. (A: c.1375) renoissaunce;  (F: s.xivm) rejeissant;  (L: s.xiv-sv) rejeisance;  (M: 1335-40) rejoisaunce;  (S: s.xiv-xv) rejeysaunt) mist en escript pur remembraunce encontre eux, si aprés lessassent Deux de ciel pur autres faus deus  TREVET Cron1 29.8

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See also:

agehi  gehine  geir  regehir  regehissement 
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