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sailleresse (s.xiii)
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sailleresse (s.xiii)

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salieresse  
  FEW:  salire 11,95a Gdf:  sailleor (sailleresse) 7,286b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  sailir (sailleresse)  DMF:  sailleresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  saltatrix 2915b / saltrix 2916b

s.f.

femaledancedancer (in reference to Salome; cf. Mark 6.21-9): 
( MS: s.xiii )  saltrix: salieresse  Gloss Garland 173
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Quant [Herod] al saint le chief fit colper Et a sa sailleresse (=Salome) [fist] bailler [...]  Chev Dé 662

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See also:

saillie  saillir  saillur  salt1  saltele  salteler  salterele  saltur  sauter1 
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